RAWIE FRICTION BUMPING POST/FRICTION BUFFER STOPS
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TRAIN CRASHES
In the event of a crash or incident, unprotected track ends can lead to injuries to engineers, passengers, derailments, extensive damage to train sets and facilities behind tracks such as pipelines. All have to be reported. Depending on the extent of injuries, lawyers move in and that means Litigation.
Look at the following crash photos; they could have been avoided with the adequate protection provided by Sliding Friction Bumping Posts equipped with energy absorbing brake shoes. We offer the protection of Rawie units now in use on the large majority of North American Transit Systems.
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Sand Boxes
Damage caused to an L.R.T. Vehicle after it had over-run the end of the track and crashed into a sand box.
After this accident, RAWIE Friction Bumping Posts were installed throughout the system.
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Accident: A light rail train derailed at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport stop. The operator and 22 passengers were hurt. |
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Fixed End Stops have a limited capacity which, if exceeded, leads to damage to the track and derailment of the cars. |
Wood and Earth Endstops - while inexpensive, often prove more trouble than they are worth. |
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Insurance does not repair or replace people and the cost of repairing vehicles and track is not cheap!
Rawie, who have supplied more than 40,000 units worldwide, offer units suitable for Transits, Yards, Airport People Movers, Mines, and large Industrial Plants such as Steel Mills. They stop costly crashes.
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SLIDING BUMPING POSTS on Transits
(click on images for larger views)
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MARTA Atlanta, Type 10EB
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MTA Baltimore, Type 8EB |
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TTC Toronto, Type 6EB
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MBTA Boston, Type 20EB |
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RT Sacramento, Type 6EB
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UTA Trax Salt Lake City, Type 10VEB |
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MTDB San Diego, type 10VEB |
MARTA Atlanta, High Speed |
SLIDING BUMPING POSTS, INDUSTRIAL
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Chemical Plant 10EB, 770 ton @ 5MPH |
Gas Plant 20EB 4500 tons @ 5MPH |
FIXED and FOLDING BUMPING POSTS
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Chicago Union Station, Hydraulic
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CP Yard, no drilling of rails required |
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Chicago Union Station, Hydraulic
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New Jersey |
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Folding in down position |
Folding in up position |
AIRPORT PEOPLE MOVERS
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Denver Airport |
Monorail sliding unit |
HIGH SPEED TRAIN
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Germany ICE Train with Stacking Platform Panels |
Germany ICE Train |
