Short description
BD 48 2016 04 -
Multiple-Working System for Narrow-Gauge Industrial Trains
Detailed description
Bord Na Mona operates more than 180 locomotives on over 700 km of 3- foot
gauge industrial railway network across its operations located in the Irish
midlands. Eighty of these locomotives are engaged in heavy-duty peat haulage.
Of these fifty locomotives are scheduled to be refurbished with new engines,
electrical control and telemetry systems over the next two years. The first of these
upgraded locomotives will enter operational testing in May 2016. To increase the
versatility and cost effectiveness of the refurbished locomotive fleet, Bord Na
Mona now seeks proposals for linked multipleworking of trains. Each train
comprises one locomotive coupled to 12 to 20 wagons. The rail transport system
works on permanent and temporary track, interfacing with public roads via level
crossings and is utilised to haul in excess of three million tonnes of peat per year
for power generation, domestic heating and horticultural products. A linked
multiple train will comprise two (or more) trains coupled together and working
under the control of one of the constituent locomotives. | Contracting authority
Bord Na Mona
Main Street
Newbridge
Co.Kildare
Ireland
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Barney Delmer
www.bordnamona.ie |