Abstract: A mink/fox transportation system (2) for individual transport in connection with the production of mink/fox furs, for example, the transport of upright-standing expansion pelt boards (4), with or without tanned, or tanned and dried pelts, to one or more relevant receiving stations (170, 172), has at least one, preferably a plurality, of self-driven traction units/carriages (10) driven along a predetermined transport path in the form of a track (6) which is formed of track elements (8,8?,8?,8??) that have been assembled together configured to the arrangement of the particular production facility. The traction units/carriages (10) have a housing (12) with an upwardly-facing side (20) in which an opening (14) is formed for receiving a blunt part (18) extending from the foot end (16) of the pelt board, or surrounds a smaller part of the whole of the foot end of a pelt board.

Abstract: Provided is a grooved rail for rail vehicles having flanged wheels, the grooved rail including a rail head provided with a running rail, a flange groove, and a counterrail, in addition to a rail web, a rail base, and lateral rail chambers extending between the rail head and the rail base. The running rail includes an asymmetrically-arranged vehicle-guiding flange, extending towards the flange groove, the asymmetrically-arranged flange formed in such a way that the width part of the rail base, on the side of the running rail, is larger than the width part on the side of the counterrail by a factor of at least 1.2. When the depth of the flange groove is >20 mm, the flange has a flange inclination of >78° with respect to an essentially horizontal axis of the rail web.

Abstract: A track rail having a groove for flanges of rail vehicle track wheels in an upper surface of the rail and having a central bar portion and flanges extending integrally sideways from the top of the bar portion is inserted in a recess preformed in the roadway with clearance so the rail is supported from the roadway's surface by the flanges. The rail is shallow so the recess is only shollowly preformed in the roadway. If the roadway has insufficient load-bearing capacity it is possible to reinforce the roadway by a concrete beam around 30 centimeters wide and 10 centimeters deep grouted with concrete in the road surface; this again is shallow for rail tracks. This beam would be recessed to receive the rail as above and also to receive the flanges.