Road-rail vehicle

A two-way vehicle is a vehicle that can travel both on the road and on track. To turn rerailing and derailing Eingleisstellen be used. Vehicles of this type are usually Construction, maintenance vehicles or vehicles for the (rail ) shunting.

A two-way vehicle is not to be confused with a two- vehicle system in railroads, the (eg different voltages and current types ) can cope with different drive types. According to the concept of origin amphibious vehicles are also two-way vehicles because they can drive both on land and on the water.

Species

When driving on the rails, there are basically two options:

  • With track guiding system: The existing for using the road tires are also used to ride on the rails, but also separate guide rollers are available for tracking. The drive is on track as well as on the road on the tires.
  • With rail transportation device: can the existing tire does not ride on the rails (eg due to different gauge), will instead run on separate wheels with wheel flange. These can be either driven by a separate drive train, or indirectly driven via the existing tires.

Examples

Two-way vehicle of volunteer fire Zams ( rail transportation device )

Two-way shunter / tensile modulus UCA -TRAC B16

DMV for the conveyance of JR Hokkaido

Maintenance vehicle of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Maintenance vehicle of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Followers as two-way vehicle; as the road tires not used for driving, they can be completely superscript in rail operation

Multifunctional mini - trucks as a road vehicle ( and Others for track cleaning at a light rail )

Little dolly for up to 250 tonnes towing capacity with drive via akkumulatorgespeiste electric motors

  • Rail cleaning vehicle
  • Rail-road buses German Federal Railroad
  • Two-way Unimog, eg in the army
  • Electric tram bus from Siemens & Halske

In 1972, Magirus-Deutz before the first fire engine in the world with two-way technology. The so-called " rescue truck - rail " was able to drive, even in underground tunnels. Among the first customers included the brigade Frankfurt. Today nationwide are 14 " Hilfeleistungs Pumpers rail " (HFS 16/24-S ) from Iveco in use, in Zella- Mehlis (TH ), Cochem City ( RP), Cochem -Land ( RP), Beerfelden ( HE), St. Georgen (BW ), high Speyer ( RP), Wilnsdorf (NW ), Heidelberg (BW), Altenbeken (NW), Brilon ( NW), Eutingen in Gaeu (BW), Wildeck (HE), Isenbuttel (NI ) and Hagen- Wehringhausen (NW).

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