In the assembly workshop in Tiefenhäusern, not far from our plant in St. Blasien, Germany, our specialists are working with high pressure and precision on two high-performance snow blowers for the Norwegian state railway company Bane NOR. Each of these machines weighs over 80 tonnes and generates over 2,000 horsepower. We recently had the honour of welcoming the Norwegian project team and accompanied them with our camera.

…you don’t just need heavy equipment, you also need thorough planning beforehand.

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Narrow paths wind through the densely overgrown hilly forest to one of Switzerland's most popular excursion destinations: the legendary lake named Blausee (literally translated: blue lake), shimmering crystal clear in all shades of blue. On sunny holidays and weekends, the 20-hectare wooded nature park with walking paths, picnic areas and fireplaces is visited by up to 3,000 tourists. "A challenge for the maintenance of the park, but one that has been well managed since the beginning of the year," says Michael Linder, responsible for park and maintenance at Blausee AG.

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With a rail network that is around 3000 km long, Croatia has a well-developed railway infrastructure which, among other places, also extends over the Dinaric Alps – one of the highest mountain ranges in Europe. To allow snow to be cleared from the rails more efficiently in the winter months, in 2016 the Croatian state railway operator HŽ PUTNIČKI PRIJEVOZ decided to add some powerful equipment to bolster its winter maintenance fleet. In collaboration with the Austrian track laying machine manufacturer Plasser & Theurer, Beilhack was commissioned to deliver two HB280 high-performance snow blowers, as well as two PB3 snow ploughs and BSP220 track clearing ploughs. In a short space of time, a team of engineers and fitters at Beilhack in St. Blasien managed to construct the attachments. They are each driven by an OBW100, a powerful track motor vehicle from Plasser & Theurer.

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