Road–rail vehicle
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A road–rail vehicle or a rail–road vehicle is a dual-mode vehicle that can operate on both rail tracks and roads. They are also known as two-way vehicles, hi–rail, and rail and road vehicles.
Road–rail excavator
Certis Unimog, road–rail vehicle used for vegetation control
Road–rail dump truck
Type 95 armoured railroad car So-Ki (九五式装甲軌道車) on tracks, pulling some cars
Jeep train
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A jeep train is a line of coupled railway vehicles hauled by a jeep fitted with railway wagon wheels instead of normal road wheels. World War II jeeps were converted from road vehicles into steel-whee
Road–rail vehicle
…used to keep the vehicle on the rails; the rail wheels are raised and lowered as needed. There are also purpose-built road–rail vehicles. In case of jeep trains, road wheels are directly replaced with railway wheels. Vehicles with tires need special areas like level crossings to change modes. A vehicle on…
A Jeep train at the Australian War Memorial
US Demonstration run on a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) track at Eagle Farm Aerodrome in Brisbane, Australia on 30 June 1943. A Jeep fitted with rail wheels could easily pull 10 tons.
Membukut Special in Beaufort, Borneo, 1945
Double-heading on a long jeep train