Rail spur and automotive yard in San Luis Potosí
Automotive rail terminal for BMW
We designed and built the rail terminal where BMW loads the vehicles that leave its plant in San Luis Potosí. We handled:
- Design, engineering, executive project and permits.
- Construction of track and switches.
- Signalized at-grade crossing.
- Aluminothermic welding and stress relief.
- Terminal maintenance.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Client | BMW |
| Location | San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. |
| Year | 2019 |
| Track built | 4 km |
| Capacity | 100 Automax cars |
| Sector | Automotive |
How the terminal was built
The terminal receives 100 Automax cars. An Automax is an enclosed multilevel auto rack car. The yard has four 900 m track fans; a track fan is a group of parallel tracks that branch off the same track.
- 4 km of track with three insulated No. 9 BNSF-UP switches.
- 2.6 km of ballasted track with concrete ties, elastic fastening and welded 115RE rail.
- 1.4 km of track embedded in concrete on the pads, with Narstco M8 steel ties and RailSeal sealing.
- Concrete pads: slabs next to the track where the ramps for loading the vehicles are placed.
- Earthwork, drainage and lighting, a signalized at-grade crossing and asphalt roads for new vehicles and maintenance.
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It receives 100 Automax cars in a yard with four 900 m track fans. It has 4 km of track with three insulated No. 9 switches and concrete pads for loading the vehicles with ramps.
The ballasted track (2.6 km) is used to move and store railcars. On the loading pads the track is embedded in concrete (1.4 km), with steel ties, so that vehicles and ramps move on a flat surface.
It included design, engineering, executive project and permits, earthwork, drainage, lighting, a signalized at-grade crossing and asphalt roads to move the new vehicles and carry out maintenance.
The project scope included maintenance.
