Re: Rail/Road trailers

[matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)]

In article <39b8d3bc$0$26515$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>,
Railway Rasputin3 <jamesccj@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
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>Taliesin Walker <taliesin@nospam.chariot.net.au> wrote in message
>39b8c3df$1_2@news.chariot.net.au">news:39b8c3df$1_2@news.chariot.net.au...
>> I heard a mention on the news today about an Australian company that had
>> developed truck trailers that could be used on rail and road.

 20 years to late. Has to have been 20 years since RoadRailer MK1 hit the rails
in the US.

>> I've seen
>this
>> allready done. How common is it and is this practice becoming more common?
>>
>> Tali
>I think it's call Road railer, AN looked seriosuly in to this sector few
>years back and was considering using EL class to haul high speed frieght
>service.

 It is a current service. AN briefly tried to hold the RoadRailer rolling stock
and the service from NR on the grounds that handing it over would be breach of
contract with Wabash who own the RoadRailer patent, but they didn't hold out
long. 
 NR run RoadRailer unit trains accross the Nullabour. Saw one in Kalgroolie
last year.