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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Electric Locomotive | | German term or phrase: Bergungsgerät | "Für die Anbringung von Bergungsgeräten ist Platz von ca. 360mm Durchmesser und ca. 700mm Höhe über SO an den Abhebestellen vorgesehen, ohne größere Komponenten demontieren zu müssen. Der Lokkasten wurde einem Druckversuch unterzogen, um die berechnete Druckfestigkeit entsprechend der EN12663 nachzuweisen."
From a text about a type of electric locomotive. This bit is discussing the body. One translation I have found for "Bergungsgerät" is "rescue device", but that doesn't make much sense to me in a train context. It also doesn't really get any hits in a train context. I suppose it could be "salvage device", but again, I don't really know how such a thing would be attached to a locomotive and what it would be used for. At a more lateral guess, could it be something like "lifting device" here? TIA for your help. |
|  Rowan MorrellKudoZ activityQuestions: 2321 (none open) ( 48 closed without grading) Answers: 2764
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| | recovery equipment | Explanation:
Not the whole vehicle, obviously, but just the hooks, jacks and other tackle used in rerailing accident derailments.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-30 08:59:02 GMT)
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And here are a couple of references which might help:
Crane (railroad) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
breakdown train that includes staff accommodation and recovery equipment. ... around an accident scene, better than a crane only limited to rail access. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_(railroad)
[PDF] GO/GN3672: Guidance Note: Incident Management and Evidence Gathering
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
a) determine recovery equipment requirements and co-ordinate the operation of recovery. equipment (rail mounted, road/rail and road) in recovery, ...
www.rgsonline.co.uk/docushare/dsweb/Get/Rail-41482/Gn3672.p...
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David Moore
Local time: 10:40
| Grading comment Well, all the answers were pretty similar, but this one is by far the most convincing with the references and peer grade comments. So it's the points to David, and my thanks to both him and the peer graders. But thanks also to the other contributors - appreciate everyone's help.
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Explanation:
Not the whole vehicle, obviously, but just the hooks, jacks and other tackle used in rerailing accident derailments.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-30 08:59:02 GMT)
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And here are a couple of references which might help:
Crane (railroad) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
breakdown train that includes staff accommodation and recovery equipment. ... around an accident scene, better than a crane only limited to rail access. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_(railroad)
[PDF] GO/GN3672: Guidance Note: Incident Management and Evidence Gathering
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
a) determine recovery equipment requirements and co-ordinate the operation of recovery. equipment (rail mounted, road/rail and road) in recovery, ...
www.rgsonline.co.uk/docushare/dsweb/Get/Rail-41482/Gn3672.p...
| David Moore
Local time: 10:40
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| | Grading comment | Well, all the answers were pretty similar, but this one is by far the most convincing with the references and peer grade comments. So it's the points to David, and my thanks to both him and the peer graders. But thanks also to the other contributors - appreciate everyone's help. |
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