Rubrik DaimlerChrysler Worldwide Western Star truck on rails A Western Star 4900 SA helps put 100-ton trains on the rails An unusual duo: Western Star pulling a suburban train onto the rails Bulky and heavy transports are nothing exceptional for Western Star Trucks, but the Western Star 4900 SA’s task for the MAX tram project in Portland, Oregon was unusual even for a professional heavy-duty vehicle. On the 5.8-mile (9.3-kilometre) extension to the Interstate Metropolitan Area Express (MAX), a 100-ton low-floor train had to be pulled on to the rails for the first time in order to check the track and the overhead wires. To perform this task efficiently the 4900 SA modified by Canadian vehicle manufacturer Brandt Industries was guided by steel wheels on the rails while the normal twin tyres on the road surface drove it along. The Interstate MAX extension to be opened in the autumn of 2004 as the “Yellow Line”, is the fourth segment of the 38-mile modern streetcar network of the Portland region’s local public transport system. The new line connecting the city with the trade fair centre in the north cost 350 million US-$. The rail network is operated by the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Tri-Met), which also owns the heavy truck used for checking the route. “The 4900 SA is an excellent all-round truck and one of our most versatile models,” says Cary Gatzke, Western Star’s Engineering Director. ■ www.westernstartrucks.com Living Lakes DaimlerChrysler is involved in conserving the lakes on our planet DaimlerChrysler has from the very outset supported the Living Lakes project, the Global Nature Fund’s worldwide lake network, with its international competence and modern technology. The company has now launched a new project as part of this cooperation: DaimlerChrysler Nature Workcamps. During the summer holidays this year, employees’ children and young Ambitious environmental protection: volunteers at Lake La Nava members of the DaimlerChrysler staff joined local people on six lakes and stretches of water particularly worthy of protection to contribute towards protecting these resources. For example, volunteers built socalled ecological paths, designed to promote sustained tourism in the area, on Siberia's Lake Baikal. At South Africa’s Lake St. Lucia, which is inhabited by endangered A hippopotamus in Lake St. Lucia, South Africa species such as hippopotamus, leather-back turtles and crocodiles, volunteers were involved in environmental education for children. On Lake La Nava in North-West Spain, which has been restored to its natural condition, the DaimlerChrysler team helped to ring rare birds. Living Lakes also supports worldwide environment-related cooperations. Last September scientists, activists, representatives of companies and governmental and non-governmental organisations met at the 8th Living Lakes Conference in Norwich, England, held at the University of East Anglia. The conference was an opportunity to exchange Resources worth protecting: Lake Baikal experience, present examples of best-practice solutions and prepare new joint projects. The key topics were the effects of climatic changes and new concepts for successful nature preserve management. ■ www.livinglakes.org www.globalnature.org 18 <strong>Unimog</strong> 2|2003
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