When I arrived in Betzigau one of the Scheuerle units was already installed under one main carrier. For this transport the had made a new piece of track beside the main track, including this nice unloading station. This point was the nearest from the tracks to the substation.

This Linde H50 forklift is used to move some heavy struts. They are used to support the 2nd main carrier when it get's disconnected from the railcar.

This Actros transports that Linde on the lowloader, together with some other material in the main body.

This is such a railcar, it has a total of 16 axles. Daher has several heavy railcarts for this kind of work, but this is their heaviest unit with 2 x 16 axles.

The units exists of 4 wheel carts that have 4 axles each. On top of these carts are 2 load deviding beams that in their turn cary the central load deviding beam on top. That carries the main carrier that is connected to the transformer. A small cabin is also installed.

From the side we clearly see how the main load is devided over the different carriers downwards to the axles.

This Scheuerle was already installed under this main carrier arm. Here we see that this unit has the cab on the right side.

When the main carrier get's disconnected from the railcar, it is first pushed up with the internal hydraulics. Now the load and this carrier are supported by the struts. Now the hydraulics are retrected and the beam is hanging free from the railcar.

Here we see a free hanging main carrier arm, only supported by the beam that is put over the struts. The load itself also get's some hydraulic cylinders underneath to support that weight seperately. This yellow beam only carries the main carrier's weight.

Now the other Scheuerle is being driven under the carrier arm. The round sphere you see underneath the carrier is the contact point for the railcar. The Scheuerle will lift the carrier at a different position with a straight beam. The axles of the platform where set to the lowest position, to create enough space on the top side.

Here the 2nd Scheuerle is also connected to the load, everything is now resting on both platforms.

A impressive setup here, with a length of roughly 55 meters and a total weight of 516 tons. The load, a choke, weighs in at about 220 tons. The load is self-supporting, meaning the carrier arms can be connected directly to the load on both ends.

The substation is only at 1,5 km distance from this location, so the transport didn't take to long.

This is a special load distributor from Scheuerle. It can move the mount that takes on the carrier arm in a horizontal direction, to be able to adjust the point where the load works on the platform. Also this way the platform can be modified easily to the different versions of carrier arms they have. It is also very helpfull during the installation process, as the top table can be lifted by 4 big cylinders. With that feature it is also easier to overcome obstacles along the road, that now can be passed by lifting the load up a bit further.

The transport over tracks sounds easy, but this also took a rather long time. Mainly because with these dimensions some track segments need to be blocked completely to have all available space. Also the train is driving rather slowly because of many very near passes, like stations.

Here we see that the sliding pad is positioned in such a way that the load presses on the 6th axle from the rear, which is 0,5 axle behind the middle. This is compensated by the weight of the drive module, which is also nearly 10 tons.

Here we see the entire setup from the side, clearly visible is the length overall. Even though the length is impressive, the combination is still rather manoeuvrable, as the load hangs between the 2 platforms which offers a lot of flexibility on the road. Here we can clearly see that the choke is only connected to the carrier arms by the lower 4 connection points. The upper points are only supports where the carrier pushes at the choke via some large filler shims.