An improved "piggyback" train comprising a plurality of elongated rail
trucks connected by push-pull tubes or beams or the like and designed so
that each truck will support the wheels of one highway trailer and also
the nose of another trailer, the rail trucks having a dropframe design so
as to support the trailers in close proximity to the tracks.
Current U.S. Class: |
410/1 ; 105/159; 410/64; 410/65; 414/333; 414/339; 414/341 |
Current International Class: |
B61D 3/18 (20060101); B61D 3/00 (20060101); B61D 45/00 (20060101); B61d 003/10 (); B65j 001/14 () |
Field of Search: |
105/368B,159 214/38.1,38.8,152
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