Line inspection car
A line inspection car is a railway Véhicule light, motorized, generally used for the service: inspection of the lines, transport of plant equipment…
The term derives from the name of the German inventor Karl Drais, father of the Draisienne, ancestor of the Bicyclette and the line inspection cars with muscular propulsion.
The first line inspection cars were driven manually by pedals or a system of levers similar to that of the old pumps. Machines of this type called cyclo-line inspection cars are sometimes used at tourist ends on closed down lines, for example with Magnières. The modern line inspection cars are equipped with diesel engine relatively powerful. They have a platform for the transport of material and can be equipped with cranes of handling or lifting nacelles for the maintenance of the Caténaire S. The line inspection cars the SNCF of last generations, the 84 or the 94 (LGV or BGV), are powerful machines, equipped with a crane of handling of a capacity going up to 20 tons/meter, having a good storage capacity and allowing the installation of rails out of bars of 18 meters. They allow moreover handling of Traverse S, ballast (thanks to a cup) and the collecting of metal parts thanks to an electromagnet. They are manufactured by the industrial plant equipment (EIV) of Brive.
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