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RoadRailer Trailer

This cargo trailer is both a railcar and a trailer for a truck. The rail wheelsets are removable, and the road wheels are then available to be towed down the road. I built this many years ago and it’s been on numerous BayLTC train layouts, but I never put pictures online until now.


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This cargo trailer is both a railcar and a trailer for a truck.  The rail wheelsets are removable, and the road wheels are then available to be towed down the road.  I built this many years ago and it's been on numerous BayLTC train layouts, but I never put pictures online until now. This cargo trailer is both a railcar and a trailer for a truck.  The rail wheelsets are removable, and the road wheels are then available to be towed down the road.  I built this many years ago and it's been on numerous BayLTC train layouts, but I never put pictures online until now.
This cargo trailer is both a railcar and a trailer for a truck.  The rail wheelsets are removable, and the road wheels are then available to be towed down the road.  I built this many years ago and it's been on numerous BayLTC train layouts, but I never put pictures online until now.This cargo trailer is both a railcar and a trailer for a truck.  The rail wheelsets are removable, and the road wheels are then available to be towed down the road.  I built this many years ago and it's been on numerous BayLTC train layouts, but I never put pictures online until now.

I first learned about these interesting hybrid vehicles on the PBS television show Tracks Ahead. They are a real thing made by Wabash National. Each trailer has permanently-attached road wheels, and can have railroad wheelsets attached for use in a train. The trailers are hitched to each other, with the wheelset mounted on the rear of the trailer, and a special wheelset is attached to the front one.

By the way, when I posted my Gondola car, I said that was my first train car MOC. Technically I guess the RoadRailers are, but the Gondola is more of a “train car” in the traditional sense, whereas the RoadRailers are more road trailers that can be carried as a part of a train in my mind.


Click photo to view on Flickr ↗Album (13 photos) on Flickr ↗
RoadRailer Trailer: Front Wheelset RoadRailer Trailer: Rear Wheelset RoadRailer Trailer: Kingpin/Front RoadRailer Trailer: Hitch/Rear
RoadRailer Trailer: On the Road RoadRailer Trailer: Standalone RoadRailer Trailer: On the Rails BayLTC at GTE Pleasanton 2008
BayLTC at GTE Pleasanton 2008 BayLTC at GTE Pleasanton 2008 BayLTC at GTE Pleasanton 2008 BayLTC at GTE Pleasanton 2008
RoadRailer Trailer: Front WheelsetRoadRailer Trailer: Rear WheelsetRoadRailer Trailer: Kingpin/FrontRoadRailer Trailer: Hitch/RearRoadRailer Trailer: On the RoadRoadRailer Trailer: StandaloneRoadRailer Trailer: On the RailsBayLTC at GTE Pleasanton 2008BayLTC at GTE Pleasanton 2008BayLTC at GTE Pleasanton 2008BayLTC at GTE Pleasanton 2008BayLTC at GTE Pleasanton 2008RoadRailers & Caboose

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