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Check out: http://roadrail.brandt.ca/video.html Brandt industries built the first unit in collaboration with the Province of Saskatchewan for use on non-contiguous short lines in the early 90's. BN was the first U.S. line to purchase a unit (1993). It was successfully tested in revenue and MOW service. Consideration was give to use as power for satellite ramp-to-hub intermodal service, and there were numerous other ideas for revenue service. None of these ideas were adopted, but I understand that BNSF has nearly a dozen of the units deployed in MOW service. The potential for revenue service remains intriguing, I believe, because the unit can mimic the service of double and triple-bottom highway rigs, but with significant weight and cube advantages.
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