The largest truck in the world

An extraordinary 3 bogie axles to haul trains of 5000 tons ... It is this extraordinary bogie which was released this summer workshops Alstom at Le Creusot. To take the lead in China. A record bogie which enshrines the expertise of Creusot

What part! When you look at it generates power. And it is necessarily the image that is Le Creusot. It is known for having devoted so that Le Creusot is the city of all energies. But we forget that this, too, the city of all the performances.Because those are two centuries of performances allowed and still allow the Creusot to shine on the world. When Deng Xiaoping, who would become the Chinese number one, gave the sweat from his brow in the workshops in the early 20s, it was probably far from thinking that Le Creusot would manufacture one day for the sake of his country The largest truck in the world.
27 THE TON TRUCK
Yet it is the feat that just made Alstom. Workshops Creusot world number one railway, has just released the biggest truck in the world.An exceptional piece of power. That we judge: 6.50 meters long, 27 tons of weight, three axles with wheels 1250 mm high ... It is extraordinary that this truck, earlier this week, has taken the lead in China."This truck has been specially manufactured to equip locomotives among the most powerful in the world. It will provide in effect an electric locomotive with a power of 10 megawatts, the equivalent of 16,000 horses, "says Frédéric Liodenot, technical manager for high speed locomotives and trucks segment, establishing Alstom Creusot.
FOR TRAINS 5000 TONNES AND 1 MILE LONG
This is for freight trains of 5,000 tons the truck was designed and manufactured. Trains that are longer than a kilometer. And it is the speed of 120 Km / hour trains circulate these giants in the Chinese network.With his truck "Made in Creusot" locomotive display a very respectable weight of 150 tons. "This is the equivalent of both weight and power of 200 Renault Twingo," said Frederic Liodenot.Chinese customer has placed an order for 500 locomotives. With the transfer of technology that sees the establishment of Creusot make 10% of bogies for these locomotives.But beyond the numbers, it is of course the performance that should be remembered and emphasize.
"THE RETURN OF THE VERY HIGH TENSION"
"The establishment of the Alstom Creusot specializes in all types of trucks. Smaller for Trams and Metros. Faster for TGV and AGV, the new generation of high speed trains. So now the heaviest freight for functions "highlights Frederic Liodenot. And say: "This is the return of the great traction in the workshops of Le Creusot."Since the early 90s and diesel locomotives for Africa, the establishment of the Creusot was not manufactured bogies large.New prospects for freight by rail, including the name of sustainable development, opening new horizons. And even in China. "When we want to develop a country, there is always an obligation to develop transport and this is what is happening in China," notes Frédéric Liodenot yet.
Alain Bollery
OBJECTIVE BOGIE 2400 PER YEAR
By the year 2012, the establishment of Creusot Alstom aims to produce 2,400 trucks per year for all types of trains. It currently produces 2000 against 1,500 a year ago. It also produces 20,000 dampers.The number, which was 500 people in CDI 2 years ago was 601 in mid-July, just before the annual shutdown. This number is expected to climb to 630 people by the end of the year