MAN TGX 41.680 - Yew Choon

Yew Choon from Singapore (SG) was deploying multiple combinations for the transport of trains, including this MAN TGX 41.680 with a 9-axle trailer.

The 4-axle truck with 8x4-drive line is powered by a MAN D2863, a 16.2-liter 8-cylinder diesel engine with a power of 500 kW (680 hp).

Behind the cabin are the 900 liter diesel tank, a 300 liter hydraulic oil tank, compressed-air tanks and a large cooler for the hydraulic oil mounted. The truck is equiped with a WSK 440 torque converter. The truck is allowed for train weights up to 250 tonnes.

Behind the front axle is the muffler mounted. On top of the driven rear axles is a ballast box with a mass of 22 tonnes mounted, for the unloading of the train carriages is the winch on the ballast box mounted.

Attached is a 9-axle Goldhofer trailer, between the 3 and 6-axle modules is a bridge mounted.

The cargo is a carriage of a T251 train that is in Singapore used on the Thomson-Eas Coast line. The carriage is 22.8 meters long, 3.2 meters wide and 3.67 meters tall. The mass is approx. 33.2 tonnes.

A few days later was another train transported.

Here was a driver's desk driven, this carriage is 23.65 meters long, 3.2 meters wide and 3.67 meters tall. The mass is approx. 39.7 tonnes. A very sharp combination of Yew Choon!

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