Roadrailer - Wikipedia
RoadRailers were a trailer or semi-trailer that could be hauled on roads by a tractor unit and then by way of a fifth wheel coupling, operate in a unit train on railway lines. The RoadRailer system allowed trailers to be pulled by locomotives without the use of flatcars, instead attaching trailers directly to bogies.
Norfolk Southern sets date for RoadRailer finale - Trains
2024年8月12日 · The RoadRailer era will come to an end this month as the last Triple Crown unit trains operate between Detroit and Kansas City. But the trains will be replaced by new container service linking Toledo and K.C.
Norfolk Southern’s Triple Crown RoadRailers ride off into history
2024年8月26日 · It’s the last departure — ever — of a Triple Crown RoadRailer train. In the Detroit terminal at Oakwood Yard, crews have 95 of the bimodal trailers staged on three tracks, ready to be assembled into tonight’s train for the 715-mile run to Kansas City.
Railfanning the last runs of the RoadRailers - Trains
2024年10月1日 · RoadRailers: Once extending to a number of railroads — and for several years exclusive to Norfolk Southern — the RoadRailer period ended on the weekend of Aug. 24-25, 2024.
Norfolk Southern’s RoadRailer trains ride off into history
2024年8月26日 · Norfolk Southern’s final RoadRailer train left Detroit early Sunday morning for the 715-mile run to Kansas City, Missouri.
Off The Rails: RoadRailer - YouTube
In The Early 1960s, With A Rise In Road Haulage Companies Taking The Large Market Sha...more. Off The Rails: A Series Diving Into The History Of Lost & Forgotten Parts Of British Rail.
Norfolk Southern’s RoadRailer trains ride off into history
2024年8月26日 · In nearly 39 years of building RoadRailer trains, the Road & Rail Services terminal crew has seen this before. They scramble off in their orange Kubota utility vehicle and return with the prize: a bypass hose.
The economics of RoadRailers didn’t stack up
2024年9月17日 · Roadrailers are purpose-built road trailers that can be moved between highways and rails without being loaded onto a flatcar. Early Roadrailers had integrated railroad wheelsets that could be lowered into position when the trailer was pulled behind a train.
BNSF's Triple Crown RoadRailer Trains - QStation
BNSF and NS now interchange all RoadRailer equipment in Argentine Yard, and the new BNSF Roadrailer train symbols are Q-KCKFTW (Kansas City, KS to Ft. Worth, TX) and Q-FTWKCK (Ft. Worth, TX to Kansas City, KS). Click here to learn more about the prototype Triple Crown Service.
RoadRailer - YouTube
A Roadrailer train is one of the most unique freight trains that one can see on the rails. A Roadrailer is a train consisting of a locomotive hauling truck t...