Shuttle bar for transport of railcar pallets, freight-handling device, and freight-handling method

A freight-handling device for transferring cargo from road to rail and vice versa via horizontal transverse loading using railcar pallets removable from a railcar undercarriage of a freight car and receiving the cargo, comprising:

• a rail system with two track lines,
• at least one loading platform disposed adjacent to the rail system and parallel thereto,
• lifting devices for raising and lowering the railcar pallets from or onto the respective railcar undercarriage, and
• a plurality of shuttle bars movable transverse to the rail system for raising and lowering the railcar pallet from or onto the loading platform and for the transverse transport of the railcar pallets from the freight car to the loading platform and vice versa, each of the shuttle bars including a bar base frame horizontally movable in a shuttle bar longitudinal direction, a lifting bar extending horizontally along the shuttle bar longitudinal direction and horizontally movable by the bar base frame, and a lifting bar drive device supported by the bar base frame for raising and lowering the lifting bar relative to the bar base frame.

A freight-handling method for transferring cargo from road to rail comprising the following steps:

• providing a freight-handling device for transferring cargo from road to rail and vice versa via horizontal transverse loading using railcar pallets removable from a railcar undercarriage of a freight car and receiving the cargo, including:
• a rail system with two track lines,
• a loading platform disposed adjacent to the rail system and parallel thereto,
• lifting devices for raising and lowering the railcar pallets from or onto the respective railcar undercarriage,
• a plurality of shuttle bars movable transverse to the rail system for raising and lowering the railcar pallet from or onto the loading platform and for the transverse transport of the railcar pallets from the freight car to the loading platform and vice versa, each of the shuttle bars including a bar base frame horizontally movable in a shuttle bar longitudinal direction, a lifting bar extending horizontally along a shuttle bar longitudinal direction and horizontally movable by the bar base frame, and a lifting bar drive device supported by the bar base frame for raising and lowering the lifting bar relative to the bar base frame,
• and using the shuttle bars for transverse transport of the railcar pallet from the railcar frame to the loading platform and vice versa.