Re: B-TRIPLES, WHAT A JOKE ( I WISH) !

TB@inferno.mpx.com.au
Mon, 06 Apr 1998 07:44:04 GMT

In our last episode <6fqpfc$hq8$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> on Tue, 31 Mar 1998
07:04:16 -0600, david@nmit.vic.edu.au told aus.rail:

>B Triples ( road trains despite their denial ) - claiming low wear and manning
>reductions.

A B-Triple is similar to a B-Double: an articulated vehicle with the second
and third semi-trailers attached to the trailer in front by means of a
turntable.

A Road Train is a vehicle combination with more than two points of
articulation and coupled together using dollies. A double roadtrain has
two trailers... triple roadtrain has three trailers...

A 'plain' semi-trailer is a prime mover coupled to a semi-trailer using a
turntable.

Only Victoria and Queensland are trialing B-Triples at the moment, very
well by the sounds of it too.