| Posted by on September 29, 2008 | |
"How do you get rid of a defective Roadrailer? Well find the nearest crossing and get a truck of course." - Franklin, it's my understanding that all Class-1's are going to start doing this as "S.O.P." eliminating the need for intermodal facilities resulting in faster "Just-In-Time" delivery.
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How is the bogie removed? Never really understood how these things work...
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Of course the truck driver will be fined $500 for violating the crossing gates! Interesting photo.
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| Posted by on September 29, 2008 | |
That would be at the Hilltop Rd Crossing. Great catch!
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Interesting Photo. I remember when these Roadrailers used to run on the Piedmont Division. You wouldn't happen to know what the train number is would you? I know that Roadrailers do not run on this line anymore.
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Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the Triple Crown trains were 264 and 265. Excellent stuff Franklin. Thanks for sharing,
Brian Rackley
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Great shot! I also wonder how to go about removing the bogie. The TripleCrown runs daily as 265
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That's an interesting way to do a bad order set out, but I guess it works.
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| Posted by lumpum on September 30, 2008 | |
Those roadrailers were a early prototype. There were no bogies. Look between the axles of the trailer. There is a single railroad axle to travel on rail. When the trailer was on the road it took the railroad wheels with it. It was innovative but, never caught on. the trailers also had a drawbar that acted like a kingpin. Kind of like the trucks that you see on the highways that have multiple trailers.
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Wow very nice, roadrailers run thru here pretty often NS 245 and 246 and lately 249 has been added
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| Posted by Kleetus on September 30, 2008 | |
Also if you look, there's an airbag that extends and retracts the bogie, so it can be transported.
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The Triple Crown trains thru Greensboro were 265 and 266, but they stopped running several years ago. The Roadrailer in this picture is a Mark IV, where the RR wheels stay on the trailer and retract when in highway mode. They were all retired several years ago. Only the Mark V are used where the bogie is a separate 3 piece frt truck.
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Now the trailer wheels are fitted with an air bag system that lifts the trailer up enough to slide the wheel sets under, then the wheels raise, keeping them off the rails.
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These trailers added too much weight to the tare. Later with the Mark V they added a freight truck. Now their future is to be short lived from what I have read.
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