All of our Schnabel car prototypes are resident and operated in North America
Schnabel is from the German for "carrying-beak-wagon" (Tragschnabelwagen).
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Schnabel cars are designed to carry a transformer, generator, or other large oversized load that cannot fit on a flatcar and meet clearance profiles. The car breaks in the center and picks up the load with the load clearing the rails by a few inches. The load is carried by attaching to the girders at the bottom for tension. The top of the girders engage the load for compression which is standard structural girder design. This kind of car makes for unique operation. Typically they are speed limited when loaded. Short trains of this car, a caboose, and maybe a flat of associated parts for the load are in order. Also, they can only engage wide radius curves. The real cars have mechanisms for shifting the load laterally to make that last turn into the siding where it will be unloaded. |
AVAILABILITY |
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GPUX 100 Schnabel Car Kit  |
Available  |
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CONSUMERS ENERGY CPOX 820 SCHNABEL CAR KIT 
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Available |
BBCX 1000 schnabel Car Kit |
Available |
WECX 102/301 Westinghouse Schnabel Car |
Available |
WECX 200 SCHNABEL CAR KIT |
Available |
GEX 40010 SCHNABEL CAR KIT |
Available |
GEX 40013-14 SCHNABEL CAR KIT |
Available |
CEBX 101 SCHNABEL Car Kit |
Available |
CEBX 800 SCHNABEL CAR KIT |
Available |
Release dates and prices are subject to change without notice
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