Rail Jacks for Transit and LRT Facilities
Overview Handling Specialty also provides jacks in capacities ranging from 5 to 20 tons that are suitable for the light rail transit industry. For Whiting heavy-duty rail jacks in capacities ranging from 35 to 100 tons, click here. Features Electro-mechanical design with self-locking feature. Manual and automatic functions. Easy to move and relocate. Operated by […]
Personnel Lift for Continuous Welded Rail (CWR)
Overview Handling Specialty was approached by a current customer to engineer and manufacture a custom equipment solution for one of its rail clients. The client needed a safe and cost-effective equipment solution to position rail personnel on continuous welded rail cars (Open rail cars that carry long, continuous lengths of rail). These cars carry the […]
Transporter for Locomotive Transformer
Overview Handling Specialty was approached by a previous customer, Siemens, to custom engineer and manufacture a portable lift capable of moving 35,000 lb locomotive transformers in a locomotive assembly facility. The lift, which moves the transformer underneath the locomotive, traverses along the track and can move up or down 2” and cross traverse 2” in […]
Self-Propelled Rail Gantry for Tank Car Facility
Overview Handling Specialty was approached by a company responsible for designing an oil trans-loading operation in New Orleans, Louisiana. The company wanted to improve the efficiency of one of its processes, where personnel were required to be positioned over the top of rail tanker cars. Two critical factors in developing this solution were the safety […]
Whiting Rail Jacks 25 to 60 ton capacities
Overview Reliability is carefully engineered into every Whiting portable electric rail jack. For over 80 years, Whiting’s outstanding design and top-quality construction have provided years of dependable service with minimum maintenance. This tradition has established Whiting as the world’s foremost manufacturer of portable electric rail jacks. Available in 25, 50 and 60-ton capacities. Handling Specialty […]
Overhead Rail Gantry
Overview Handling Specialty custom engineered and manufactured a manually moveable gantry to be used to remove and service air conditioners from the roofs of rolling stock in a railway maintenance facility. Once the air conditioner is removed from the railcar, it is moved horizontally and lowered through the platform to the ground. This is a […]