This video shows two different methods for lifting and removing old rail track panels at Serbian railways main lines. First method shows Russian technology for lifting and removing old track panels. Second method is a combination of using several different machines in order to achieve the same.
The first method:
from 0:00 to 10:43 and from 17:06 to the end;
The second method:
from 10:43 to 17:06
On several sections of old railway lines, as part of the railway reconstruction projects, some parts of the old railway track have to be removed. To be removed the old track had to cut into parts, up to 25m length. In this video, each part of old rail track is track panel of about 22.5m long. It has about 38 sleepers, rails type UIC 49 and have a mass of about 12 tons.
These works are performed at Serbian railways as a part of the reconstruction of Belgrade - Novi Sad - Subotica railway line. Part of the works on the section between Stara Pazova and Novi Sad is performed by the company of Russian Railways. Russian technology uses a large rail crane for rail track panels lifting and Russian Railways vehicles for rail track panels transporting.
Another method shows reconstruction works at one section of the Belgrade railway junction. To be lifted and carried away the old track, it's used combination of some heavy rail machines. Excavator is used for moving the track to achieve enough space for making a crane path. Another excavator is creating a crane path of two rails outside the existing old railway track. Upon completion of the crane path, a special crane is used for lifting the old track. These works include the Bulgarian locomotive (Romanian manufacturer), Romanian wagons, some Austrian heavy rail machinery, works are performed by Serbian workers and this reconstruction of Serbian railways is done under the leadership of a Chinese company...
Old track panels are usually transported to old, local railway lines all over Serbian railways that will be reconstructed using these panels.
Transporting of old rail panels:
from 22:31 to the video end.
Dates of recordings:
January 2018. and February 2019.