BOWSER
ROADRAILER PLATE WALL TRAILER
History:
The Roadrailers® trailer features identical interior dimensions and a tare weight
only 600 lb. heavier than conventional trailers and 1,000 lb. less than a 53-foot
"high cube" domestic container on chassis. The Roadrailers® trailer has a unique
air-ride suspension system which reduces the trailer weight by hundreds of pounds.
The Federal Railroad Administration has increased the permissible length of Roadrailers®
trains from 75 to 100 units. Testing is now underway to increase the length to
125 units. In a typical 120 unit trailer piggyback train of 60 89' conventional
TTX cars there will be as much as 140 feet of coupler slack. A 200 unit container
articulate double stack train has about 10 feet of coupler slack between the loco
and the last car. The RoadRailer® train (125 units) has just 5 inches of slack.
This reduces damage to the cargo. Triple Crown® Service's Inc. (a jointly owned
subsidiary of Conrail and Norfolk Southern) has 13 terminals Chicago, Illinois;
Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Dalton, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia;
Jacksonville, Florida; Crestline, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Toronto, Canada; Rochester,
New York; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Newark, New Jersey. In April 1996 Swift
Transportation/Southern Pacific Roadrailer® service on the west coast got underway
between Los Angeles, CA and Portland OR. Initial plans call for two trains per
week each way, working towards a daily service
Kit Includes: One
piece plastic molded trailer body, underframe, landing gear, tires and rail bogie
with Roller Bearing trucks and 33" wheels on brass axles. CouplerMate™ Transition
Rail Bogie with X-2f coupler is packaged separately (only one is required for
a train - not included with kit). Uses KD© #5. MADE IN USA.
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