Using the Swing-Lo Railroad Suspended Scaffold, along with its specially designed fall protection equipment, have helped companies complete jobs in half the estimated time.

Railroad Bridge Applications
Inspect and maintain railroad bridges safely, easily and at a much lower cost than when you use conventional scaffolding.

To save time and money you need to get your railroad inspection and maintenance crew up near the fascia or underside of your railroad bridge as quickly and safely as possible. Water, rugged terrain, utility lines and roads below make conventional scaffolding, boom or aerial lifts costly and often impractical. However, there is a cost-saving solution with Swing-Lo Railroad Suspended Scaffold.

The Railroad Scaffold System clamps to girder, timber guardrail and concrete rail bridges and suspends the working deck right where your crew needs to be to get the job done. Rollers make it easy to move the scaffold along the bridge rail. Want to have your crew work simultaneously on both sides and underneath the railroad bridge? The Railroad Wrap-Around Scaffold gives you that flexibility.

If the timber bridge you are working on has unprotected areas, our technology team has engineered Sure-Grip Clamps and static line posts that meet or exceed OSHA standards for keeping your crew safe on the job. To keep your crew moving easily along the length of A, AA and generic railroad bridges, you can use the Railroad Mobile Cart Scaffold. When your job is to inspect or maintain elevated rail lines, the Elevated Rail Scaffold gets your crew safely up to where the work is. And if you have a railroad application we haven’t solved before, contact our technology team for a custom design.

No special tools are needed to build these safe scaffold solutions.

Here is how the system works:

• Start at the top.
  Clamp and lock the upper assembly to the beam. Clamp jaws expand for various size rails. Rollers make it easy to move scaffold along beam length. Manual hand brakes let you control that movement.
• Add hanger assembly.
  Components form a sturdy, safe support system for platform.
• Add working platform deck and safety rails.
  Use aluminum stage or wood deck. Guardrails and toeboards can be purchased separately according to job requirements. Or static line posts can be assembled for attaching fall prevention equipment on unprotected areas of timber bridges.
• Install ladder clamp and attach ladder so your crew can easily access the scaffold deck. Entire assembly requires no special tools and takes minutes, not hours to complete.

Railroad Scaffold System
Save time and money reaching fascia and underside of girder and concrete rail bridges.

Railroad bridge inspections and repairs, especially on those tough to reach ones over water and rough terrain, are accomplished much easier with the Swing-Lo Railroad Scaffold System. Our engineers designed this system to clamp to bridge girders, timber guardrail or concrete rail. By adding the 10 or 12 feet vertical stems and hanger components you can position the working deck at the elevation along the side or underneath the bridge that you need to get the job done. Like all Swing-Lo Scaffold systems, this one meets or exceeds OSHA standards to ensure your crew stays safe.

Railroad Wrap-Around Scaffold
Give your crew simultaneous access to all sides and underneath your girder bridges.

When there is a financial incentive to meet or beat a job a deadline, no scaffold system helps you do the work quicker than the Swing-Lo Railroad Wrap-Around Scaffold. It allows you to simultaneously position working decks on both sides and underneath the girder bridge so you can get more crew members doing the inspections and repairs you promised to get done.

Sure-Grip Clamps and Static Line Posts
Your crew’s safety is number one. Here’s how to keep them safe on unprotected areas of timber-constructed railroad bridges.

Building, inspecting or repairing timber-constructed railroad bridges that have no girders or rails is dangerous work. There is nothing on the structure to prevent members of your crew from falling into the water, rugged terrain or roads below. So Swing-Lo’s technology team has created a Static Line Post System that provides your crew with a cable for attaching fall protection equipment.

To assemble, your crew anchors and screw locks specially designed Sure-Grip or Cross Tie Channel Clamps to the bridge’s cross ties or rails. Workers then install a 48-inch long, telescoping static line post into the clamped base (two posts are required for a 50-foot area). They run a cable through the post and anchor it to the clevis on one side of the base. Next they use a ratchet binder to tighten the cable. Your work site now has a strong cable where your crew can attach its fall protection equipment before working on the bridge or suspended bridge platforms.

Ballast Clamps support static line posts, too. The Swing-Lo technology team has also created a quick connect clamp that lets you attach static line posts to perimeter ballasts. You then can add guardrails and safety harness attachments to keep your crew safe.

The railroad parapet scaffold provides access solutions on timber-constructed bridges.

Need a safe, cost-efficient way to get your crew up to inspect or repair timber-constructed bridges? Ask our technology team about the modified wheel assembly that lets your crew suspend a railroad parapet or wrap-around scaffold and roll it easily along timber-constructed railroad bridges. This system suspends a platform from vertical stems to get your crew where you need them on the bridge sides or underneath. Ladder clamps make access easier for crews to get on and off the platform.

Railroad Mobile Cart Scaffold
Increase production time, reduce downtime

Attach the Swing-Lo Top Flange Mobile Scaffold to A, AA and generic-style railroad bridges. Wheel assemblies make it easy to roll this system along the girder. Hatch openings at each end allow workers to step onto the girder for advancing the platform. Sliding gates allow for entry and exit.

Elevated Rail Scaffold
Specially engineered to save you time and money working on elevated rails.

Swing-Lo got its start working on bridges in Chicago so we understand the special demands that inspecting and maintaining elevated rail lines create. The Swing-Lo Elevated Rail Scaffold clamps onto the top of bridge girders. Upper and lower clamp assemblies adjust to top and bottom chords. Vertical stems, 10 or 12 feet long, suspend a working deck on both sides and underneath the bridge. Guardrails (purchased separately) give your crew the protection you want them to have – meets OSHA standards, too. Just let us know the width you need for your platform and we’ll help you design a system that works for you.

No railroad bridge access problem is too big or too small.

Talk to us about the railroad bridge you need to build, inspect or repair. We’ll show you how you can safely and economically get the job done with a Swing-Lo Railroad Scaffold solution.