Shim Table for Locomotives
Overview Handling Specialty custom designed and manufactured a mechanically-actuated shim table for a Canadian locomotive maintenance facility. The table was used in the shimming process, which adjusts wheel diameter differentials. After completing the trueing process, where wheels are ground back to a uniform roundness, the locomotive positions the wheels over the shim table. The table […]
Split Rail System for Bogie Maintenance
Overview The need for a safe and efficient under-car wheelset changeout system was a challenge that Handling Specialty readily satisfied for the maintenance facilities of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor project. The split rail system consists of integral support pedestal/split rail assemblies; interlocks to the “blue flag” safety system; under-car lift/eject carriage; and wheelset dollies. The carriage […]
Rail Truck Changeout System
Overview Handling Specialty was approached by a mining company to engineer and manufacture a heavy-duty, durable wheelset change-out system for railcars used in mining operations. The lift was manufactured to last in the extreme conditions that exist in mining facilities in northern Canada. The wheelset changeout system consists of three pieces of equipment: A wheelset […]