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Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this???
Author: Ernest H. Robl
Date: 04-04-2008 - 04:49

The Denver light rail system has a hi-rail Unimog with both transit and standard railroad couplers. That system has an interchange track with UP, which is normally gated and blocked by derails on both sides.

But, if the light rail system receives a shipment of heavy equipment (replacement trucks or traction motors, for example) on railroad flatcars, it can send the Unimog to pull the car into the shops where the overhead crane can lift the items off. Or, if the shipment is light rail vehicles, they can be rolled off the flatcar via a ramp outside the shops.

I would guess that most Unimogs used in North America for switching are hi-rail vehicles equipped with rail wheels.

-- Ernest

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  What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? Coleman Randall, Jr 04-03-2008 - 14:53
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? Brian Rubino 04-03-2008 - 15:17
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? Dick 04-03-2008 - 16:32
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? mikeb 04-03-2008 - 18:52
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? almo 04-03-2008 - 23:42
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? Ernest H. Robl 04-04-2008 - 04:49
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? Joe Thyle 04-04-2008 - 08:50
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? GRRR 04-04-2008 - 09:43
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? Tom McCann 04-04-2008 - 11:10
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? Richard W. 04-04-2008 - 11:43
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? Rich Hunn 04-04-2008 - 15:02
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? Lurker 04-05-2008 - 02:25
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? sp_redelectric 04-07-2008 - 22:29
  Re: What type of "unusual" vehicle is this??? NormSchultze 04-10-2008 - 14:34
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