how does a roadrailer put together

[Anonymous]

hello guys.
i was wondering can any of you tell me how a roadrailer train is put together. i have look all over the internet for the subject but cann't find anything. anyone please help me out here.
your friend deron williams

[ns_gp60]

A roadrailer basically consists of three things, a truck trailer, and a bogey (rail wheel sets) The truck trailers are lined up, as they are lined up, a forklift pushs a set of roadrailer bogey is puched undernether the back end. They are combined with another truck, with one bogey in between. This process is done at terminals, like for triple crown roadrailers, we here near Detroit area, we have the Willow Run facilities. So the process basically is bring a trailer in, add a bogey, put another trainer in, connect the two and, repeat.

[ns_gp60]

http://www.triplecrownsvc.com/Bimodal.html
These are pics of what the process I just described would look like.

[ns_gp60]

Did you know: That one NS GP60 is rated to pull a maxumum of 72 roadrailer vans, in the mountains, such as on the CNO&TP 2nd District (Rathole). This must mean that one Dash 9 or a SD50 can pull maybe 80+ vans. I think thats Awsome! If you really want to learn more about the physics of a roadrailer, go to Pentrex.com, they have a video called "through the rathole cab ride", which is on board NS Roadrailer #252, lead by one GP60, its an awsome video, and you really learn a lot. -Andrew

[Lord Atmo]

really. UP uses SD70Ms a lot

[ns_gp60]

Yeah, UP uses thse on UP Roadrailers, BNSF uses lots of GEs, and NS: Dash-9s.
Heres a good look at a roadrailer borgey:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=149982

[tjsmrinfo]

also trains has a video on railroads and intermodal operations and shows the hook up of a roadrailer train

tom