A Gottwald GS 150.14 TR railway crane is lifting the points section of
a new switch at the
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/strecke/strecke.html">upgraded
line Cologne-D&uuml;ren</a> east of Buir on 3 March 2007. The switch seems to be
of the standard type with 2500&nbsp;m turnout radius, which can be passed with
up to 140&nbsp;km/h in the diverging branch. It is installed here for the
relocation of the junction where the S-Bahn (suburban railway) line becomes
double tracked, currently this junction is about 1.5&nbsp;km further west. It
was pre-assembled next to the track, now it is lifted to the point of
installation. Note the complex control mechanism, which actuates the points at
four different locations, and the position indicator.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>
(<a href="mailto:christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de">christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de</a>)