Chapter 7. RAIL TRANSPORTABILITY GUIDANCE

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CHAPTER 7

RAIL TRANSPORTABILITY GUIDANCE

Section I. GENERAL

7-1. Scope

7-3. Safety

This chapter provides rail transportability guidance

Besides the safety precautions in chapter 3, the

for movement of the M.A.N. trucks. It covers

following procedures apply:

technical and physical characteristics, as well as

safety considerations.

It also prescribes the

a. Ammunition, explosives, and vehicles will

materials required to prepare, load, tie down, and

be handled and transported according to the

unload the trucks.

provisions of titles 46 and 49, Code of Federal

Regulations.

7-2. Maximum Utilization of Railcars

b. The M.A.N. trucks should not exceed 3

Additional cargo, as approved by the activity

mph on loading ramps.

offering the items for transport, may be loaded with

the vehicles.

Section II. TRANSPORT ON CONUS RAILWAYS

7-4. General

7-6. Loading on General Purpose Flatcars

The transportability guidance in this section applies

The M.A.N. trucks may be driven onto the flatcar or

when the vehicle is transported on CONUS

lifted into position by a crane of adequate capacity.

railways. When loaded on a 50-inch (1.27-m)

Figure 7-1 is a tiedown diagram compatible with

deck-height flatcar, the M.A.N. trucks are within

standard loading practices that will offer adequate

the height and width limitations of the Association

restraint. Figure 7-2 shows blocking and tiedown

of American Railroads (AAR) "Outline Diagram for

details. Tables 7-1 and 7-2 provide the bill and

Single Loads Without End Overhang on Open-Top

application of materials for blocking and tiedown,

Cars" and can be readily moved. No reduction or

respectively.

special preparation of the M.A.N. trucks will be

required.

CAUTION

7-5. Preparation for Loading

When a crane is used for loading

As a minimum:

a M.A.N. truck, lifting beams and

a. Remove and stow antennas.

spreader bars must be used (fig

6-1) to prevent damage to the

b. Stow and secure all BII to prevent damage

vehicle.

or theft.

Section III. TRANSPORT ON FOREIGN RAILWAYS

greater clearances and fewer restrictions. Because

7-7. General

of the various designation systems and clearances

The transportability guidance in this section applies

used by different countries, evaluation of transport

when the M.A.N. trucks are transported on foreign

capability must be made on an individual basis.

railways. When loaded on a suitable flatcar, the

M.A.N.

truck is transportable, with some

7-8. Transport on Foreign-Service Flatcars

restrictions, within European countries complying

with the Gabarit International de Chargement (GIC)

The M.A.N. trucks are transportable on many

gauge railways. Transport in most of the countries

foreign flatcars. To comply with the dimensional

in the Middle East and South America and in

requirement of the GIC clearance diagrams, the

Australia, India, and Pakistan should also be

M.A.N. trucks must be reduced to a height of 104.5

possible. In the Middle East and South America,

inches (2.66 m) by tiedown of the suspension

the clearances vary by country, and each country

system, removal of spare tires, and removal of the

will require a separate check. In Australia, India,

generator from the M1001 truck. Cranes on the

and Pakistan, wide or broad-gauge railways provide

M1001 and

7-1