This just shows you how important trains are. Imagine how many trucks it would’ve taken to transport the same amount of containers
@oubrioko8 ай бұрын
One truck for each trailer, perhaps?
@Lucho-mf3fx2 ай бұрын
@@oubrioko1 para 2 o incluso 3 maximo
@arch9enius2 ай бұрын
@@Lucho-mf3fx 1 for 4 if you're not particularly worried about what the last one is getting up to.
@edfrawley43564 жыл бұрын
In the '80's when they first started building these trailers we had a good look and they are built heavier. both ends are reinforced to carry the loads and the bottom rail running the entire length on both sides are much stronger than a standard trailer. When they first dreamed this idea up they had 1 pair of wheels permanently attached to the tail end of each trailer which had to be carried around between the rail yard and the delivery and pickup point. This configuration only lasted a couple of years as the rail wheels added over 3000lbs to the weight of each trailer reducing the amount of freight each trailer could carry. We didnt see them for a couple of years figuring it was a dead idea but toward the end of the 80's we started seeing the current configuration with a much reduced weight penalty and special yards set up to build the "trains" and separate them after they arrive.
@tommythomason6187 Жыл бұрын
That was a good-sized Triple Crown train - with duel power. I remember seeing it in 1988/89, pulled by a single GP50, long hood forward.
@bittu10155 жыл бұрын
Joints crossing is like a heartbeat for me, so soothing and my love for trains are so pure
@billyhatcher643 Жыл бұрын
I've never seen this kind of train before and same goes for the railroad setup too
@bushranger514 жыл бұрын
This puts new meaning to what we Aussies call a "Road Train".
@ejdsndnj3 жыл бұрын
What?
@gauravkohad71335 жыл бұрын
I love that sound when that freight train speed up over that diamond crossing .😍😍 I just love that sound wheels passing over tracks .❤️
@descent8154 жыл бұрын
Never seen anything like this. Thank you for bringing this to us!!!
@bigkiwimike7 жыл бұрын
Wow. This goes against everything I thought I knew about Roadrailers. Back in the 1980's, we has 10 of these in New Zealand. They always ran in groups of 2 or 3 at the rear of the train. They got rid of them after about a decade because we were told they were too restrictive to operate. They could only take about 600 ton behind them due to their "light construction". They were too light for rail use and very heavy for road use. I guess no one told these guys that. Very impressive.
@Tolono6 жыл бұрын
Ours seem to have had the same problem as yours did. Too light for rail and too heavy for road. Various railroads since the 1960's or 70's have tried to use roadrailers but always ended up going back to "piggybacking" the trailers after a while (carrying them on flatbeds). Norfolk Southern had the most success, with their roadrailer program lasting almost 30 years before their service ended just a couple of years ago. I think they were the last railroad to have it, and when I went back the next year it was no longer running. The train in this video had 75 trailers, but they got clearance for 150 per train before the service stopped.
@joshthetrainfan Жыл бұрын
@@Tolono The NS Triple Crown service is still happening. Some trains have been spotted as recently as 2020 and 2022
@HForceClan4 жыл бұрын
What really amazed me was the existence of a double railroad crossroad. Never seen that before.
@svenvolwater54734 жыл бұрын
HForceClan in the netherlands there pretty common somtimes they are even triple
@sepruecom4 жыл бұрын
pretty common in the USA. They don't have that much traffic (outside of a few metropolitan areas almost no passenger service exists), and even around those metro areas they exist. Search for "diamond crossing" and you'll find too many videos to watch...
@DMack64644 жыл бұрын
There's quite a few in Australia
@digimaks4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I never seen such in Russia. As 2 way crossing 2 way seems like a horrible idea, when you can build over/under tracks to avoid any delays on mainline.. Same with trailer train on carts... jeez what the heck is this! LOL!!! Couldn't afford flatbeds?
@sepruecom4 жыл бұрын
@@digimaks Building over- or underpasses is expensive, and the railways systems in the US are mostly operated by private companies. They also always had cost issues and thus tried to build as cheaply as possible (since the distances were quite high and the margins low). Gouvernment operated rails may have diffferent priorities. And yes, I know, the Transsib is longer, yet it was mostly built under public reign and not by private operators...
@TvshkaHumma7 жыл бұрын
Why I haven't seen such a setup as that in all my days! excellent video.
@GBULL_ADV_19823 жыл бұрын
The wheels clanking over the diamond, relaxation noises!
@lonewolf21567 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised the trailers can structurally handle the stress, got to be something inside them some extra supports
@Wildstar407 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing especially the first trailer connected to the engine because it is taking the all stress of pulling the remaining trailers. i don't like the set up and it looks dangerous. I'll bet they are not allowed to pull dangerous loads like tankers loaded with fuel like gasoline but I may be wrong.
@KandiKlover7 жыл бұрын
Yeah better to just use those trailer flatbeds like normally done.
@TWOSU_NEWS7 жыл бұрын
lone wolf: actualy they cant., blows my mind they are doing this
@gregburrell62447 жыл бұрын
All of those trailers are renforced
@adavila787 жыл бұрын
Was going to comment the same, how can these trailer boxes handle the stress of pulling dozens of other trailers ??
@newwomyn4 жыл бұрын
There are two CSX Subdivisions and one Norfolk Southern running through town. The CSX Willard runs east-west, the CSX Columbus Subdivision running north=south. They cross on the south side of the Iron Triangle Park. The Norfolk Southern Fostoria District Subdivision runs east-east to the north of the park. The video was shot with a westbound train running on the Fostoria District Subdivision as it was crossing the diamond with the CSX Columbus Subdivision on Columbus Avenue. The train will cross the NS Fostoria west of the park near Hale Drive. CSX has two yards, one on the Willard Sub east of town, it is the CSX B&O Yard, the CSX C&O Yard south of East Lyle Street. Norfolk Southern has the Blair Yard on the Fostoria Sub east of town, and the Wilson Yard, west of town. CSX has their depot near Hale and Main Streets on the Willard Sub. According to Wikipedia, Fostoria has over 100 trains per day running through town.
@Joe-d7m6k10 ай бұрын
Not. Now-- less trains,but still busy
@kevins11147 жыл бұрын
This is my first time seeing this kind of lashup. It does make good sense, because of the hundreds of tons of extra weight the engines didn't have to pull, thereby saving a great deal of money for fuel costs.
@richardcline13377 жыл бұрын
These things must really make the anal graffiti jerks angry, too, as these trailers don't stay in one spot long enough for them to get to and screw up like they do conventional trains. There are even more savings on the drop off end as the semi's don't have top waste extra fuel pulling a carrier frame around like they do for conventional container boxes.
@Nareimooncatt7 жыл бұрын
With the trailers being so close, the aerodynamics are a lot better, saving extra fuel.
@A419CH7 жыл бұрын
Quite right.
@matthewlathrop30556 жыл бұрын
Kevin S on top of that. Pull up with trucks and take too their destination without labor of unloading and loading.
@mikemontgomery56495 жыл бұрын
Being cheap isnt allways the best option from traditional operations. Dont they derail all the time?
@tomcline56314 жыл бұрын
When this was first developed in the mid/late 80's the rail wheels were mounted on the trailers between the axles on the trailer. That's about when they started putting spread axles on trailer,by the way. General Motors developed the concept. The spread axles and the retractable rail wheels added way to much weight to the trailer,so they redesigned it to the configuration. As far as I've ever seen,these are always a unit train. Nothing else but these. They don't really use but one actual coupler, at the loco end,the rest are drawbars.
@josephnadler55214 жыл бұрын
tom cline I think the trailers are articulated
@tomcline56314 жыл бұрын
@@josephnadler5521 I'm not sure what you mean. They were/are solid frame trailers,with a drawbar linking them together. Of course there is lateral movement between the trailers,is that what you're talking about?
@josephnadler55214 жыл бұрын
tom cline I guess so?
@Phoenix_Of_Fury Жыл бұрын
Damn, I've never seen such unusual cars for trains to haul! You definitely need to watch your speed with these kind of train cars 😬
@Bodgemiester7 жыл бұрын
Mercy sakes alive we got ourselves a CONVOY!
@ericzerkle52144 жыл бұрын
That's a big 10.04!
@st101gaming64 жыл бұрын
ROGER THAT 10.4
@st101gaming64 жыл бұрын
I REPEAT 10.4
@richardsylvanus27174 жыл бұрын
@Randall Slaughter Rubber Duck this here's Pigpen
@richardsylvanus27174 жыл бұрын
@Randall Slaughter You mean what's your 20? 😉
@HeartlandTuber7 жыл бұрын
I have never seen this style of transporting truck trailers. Amazing. I do not understand how the connection manages the stress, though. Thanks for posting.
@JLJ0617 жыл бұрын
I remember back when the original RoadRailers first came out. The trailers had an attached single-axle rail truck behind the highway wheels. They weren't favored too much, mostly because the rail truck would be easily damaged when backed to hard against a trailer dock door.
@mgagnonlv7 жыл бұрын
That was one issue. The other one is that these cars / trailers needed a special design and the extra weight of the gear meant decreased payload. And even with that, the loading capacity allowed on highways and on such lightweight frames means they can't be loaded at full railroad capacity. This second design solves this issue: almost ordinary cars, albeit with a frame, and a bogie that remains with the rail company. Nowadays, most transportation is either done by loading the trailer on a wagon or by loading a container on a wagon. Indeed, most intermodal stuff is done using containers. They are put on a carrying frame for the road or on a wagon for train movements. An additional advantage of containers on trains: on most main lines, they can be double-stacked.
@zosxavius7 жыл бұрын
yeah these weren't really profitable so I think they abandoned this way of doing intermodal trains and just load cars with cranes now.
@royhoco57485 жыл бұрын
I was working for NS when the first NS roadrailers came through Spartanburg, SC. The train consisted of about 10 trailers. It was the hottest train on the rails at that time.
@sharkheadism5 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing them in Georgia and heard they were hot. At that time a single GP unit handled the entire train.
@justfixit97267 жыл бұрын
When i was a kid my dad switched trailers here in staten island nyc for visy paper. Every trailer was a triple crown and i was interested how they looked and worked on a railtrack. This is a cool video!!!
@jeanmarcguiriato79494 жыл бұрын
Je connaissais pas ce genre de transport de semi remorque sans wagons plateaux. Merci.
@TG6264 жыл бұрын
I always thought this seemed like a bad idea. Now that I've seen it in action, I still think its a bad idea. LOL.
@roscoepcoltrane54994 жыл бұрын
dont worry, Tesla will put a end to this, maybe even end railways...
@roscoepcoltrane54994 жыл бұрын
@Randall Slaughter its not the point....peterbilt NOT OUT OF CALY....is testing the same tech....why would you use fossil fuels to move freight....its not just california....other countries are basically 80% if not more off fossil fuels, then again their railways run under wire....
@markurbanosky33014 жыл бұрын
@@roscoepcoltrane5499 Yes run under wire powered by electricity, by far mostly still generated by burning fossil fuel. By the way, the air and water is MUCH cleaner now than when I was growing up in the 60's & 70's. That's a measurable fact.
@roscoepcoltrane54994 жыл бұрын
@@markurbanosky3301 you need to visit Brasil and see the MRS under wire or even Europe....its done by hydro.....america needs to get their head out of their A%&!!!!
@kenshin8914 жыл бұрын
@@roscoepcoltrane5499 72 percent of Europe's electricity in 2018 was coal, petroleum, or gas. Hydro was 10%. And that's straight from the EU ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/infographs/energy/bloc-2a.html
@joshthetrainfan9 ай бұрын
I love these. I just bought 13 roadrailers from Swift, BNSF Ice Cold Express, and Triple Crown (and one unpainted one)
@jungojerry16587 жыл бұрын
I like the up close view of the cross tracks, and the way the truck trailers hang on the RR cars.
@googleuser3760 Жыл бұрын
Ive heard of these, but this is the first video I've ever seen with them in it.
@IsaiahVerseRailfanning2 жыл бұрын
Yep! The heritage B&O, not the heritage C&O, has the right of way as the NKP line has to wait. As soon as they were clear though....wow! This may be the best train acceleration I've seen. Great catch, in my favorite city in Ohio for railfanning.
@xgtmg4 жыл бұрын
I pulled bunches of these out of Norfolk Southern in Charlotte NC. The only difference is the roadrailer has shorter axles and therefore could tip over easier than a standard trailer. You had to watch your speed in cornering.You couldn't see your rear wheels as well as the wider road trailer because the axles were set in more so you needed to check your tires more often. They always seemed heavier to me. I am always amazed at the power of locomotives. Semi trucks are no slouch either. Get in the proper gear for the load and they will pull a load up the side of a mountain.
@jessebailey32484 жыл бұрын
It's weird how those trailers just sit on those wheels would love to see that contraption up close
@kenneycooper61994 жыл бұрын
That's the old Triple crown train, which I used to pass by the terminal in Atlanta while at home. These tracks are close to the Petro truckstop in Fostoria I believe.
@TheWizardGamez4 жыл бұрын
truckdrivers: trains cant handle our loads train industry; hold my beer
@goat_99844 жыл бұрын
Because they can’t.
@KSE8284 жыл бұрын
phillyslasher Trucks don’t need to. They can get places trains can’t.
@PanosSkarp4 жыл бұрын
@Keith Willis on the docks sure, but on the stores no. They go to hubs. And smaller vans and trucks take it from there.
@roscoepcoltrane54994 жыл бұрын
Tesla will put a end to this, if not railways in a whole! lets see, the next 10 years will be interesting for the railways....with Tesla and BYD im pretty sure railways are starting to sweat....
@roscoepcoltrane54994 жыл бұрын
@phillyslasher research Tesla and see what their plans are, i shouldnt have to DO TELL....i work in logistics, im a ex railway man....i dont want to face it, but it will happen.
@Joe-d7m6k10 ай бұрын
These things, the ROAD-RAILER,are on their way out, for whatever reason. They were pretty damn neat to see!
@jennybecerra11045 жыл бұрын
There is 82 trailers and 2 locomotives so that is the total of 84
@TMthe33rd4 жыл бұрын
Too much free time, eh
@tomcapon44474 жыл бұрын
Yeah but how many axles is that
@jennybecerra11044 жыл бұрын
hmm
@jennybecerra11044 жыл бұрын
the roadrailers have in total 160 axles and the locomotives Dash 9-40cw #9137 and trailing was Dash 9-44cw #9267 each have 6 axles and the total is 12 axles so that’s a total of 172 axles
@DingoXBX4 жыл бұрын
there are definitely way more than that but ok
@t710244 жыл бұрын
Feels like a Penn & Teller show. First the jogger is inside the fence, then the train provides some distraction, and suddenly he's outside the fence. Magic teleportation!
@walterfink97824 жыл бұрын
This setup has been around for a long time. And the speeds they traveled were faster than what you saw at the end.
@joshjones3408 Жыл бұрын
It just hit I paused the video to look at sumthang an when I trun back around I realized there no undercarriage just dollys set's that's pretty cool Iv just never seen it before.. great video 👍👍👍👍👍
@humbertomartinez31765 жыл бұрын
Without a doubt, these powerful machines have been and will continue to be one of the most beautiful and great inventions of mankind! I love them and every time I see one they bring me many memories of my childhood!👍👍
@thegraintruckguy43454 жыл бұрын
I worked at Wabash national semi trailer manufacturer in Lafayette Indiana in 97-99, we built a lot of these, they had a large cast iron front coupler and a very heavy duty rear framework but I don't know what they used to reinforce the middle, we built a lot of them and was a hot item for a while
@JoshuaTheTransitProdigy6 жыл бұрын
I'm not gonna lie: That's dope! Great catch and keep them coming!
@Hamchunk19687 жыл бұрын
I've been there, back in the mid-2000s before the park. We saw a WB roadrailer being held at the signals by CSX for a time. When they got the Green, they train took off and got to road speed within a minute. We were standing pretty much where the guy in black was, but closer to the side of the road closest to the warehouse. It was pretty impressive start-up.
@TheLouisamite4 жыл бұрын
This is a first for me ,,iv never seen truck trailers being pulled this way ,,good idea
@EpicThe1124 жыл бұрын
Some of these roadrailers might be registered in Pennsylvania where they get Permanent Trailer plates PT plates. NJ Trailer plates are TAA-10A-TZZ-99Z post 2004.
@wilfstor30787 жыл бұрын
rip road railer, these one of a kind trains will always be remembered
@TheRantingCabbie8 жыл бұрын
I kind of wonder how the ones at the head end handle the stress of pulling all of them. I guess they're built for it. But I would assume they would not include actual rail cars with them because it would be too much weight for them to pull and tear them apart.
@choupi47197 жыл бұрын
thought the same thing strange that there's not even one beam to handle the pulling stress
@Crosshead17 жыл бұрын
TheRantingCabby I have seen Roadrailers used in regular freights in Australia but all the Roadrailer vehicles were at the rear of the train.
@connclark21547 жыл бұрын
That is one reason Road Railers aren't profitable for trucking. They have to be built heavier to take the strain which means less cargo and more fuel used.
@boggy76657 жыл бұрын
Wikip says 'weighs 1000 lbs more than a regular highway-only trailer'. Earlier types incorporated railroad wheels into the trailer. With these, the rail bogey stays in the rail yard. With these, no cranes needed at the origin & destination. So there's that. Are they not being made any more?
@Trains4Fun7 жыл бұрын
I've never seen anything like this before. I'm thinking these are not like your regular trucking trailers.
@Mario_Sonic_Pro5 жыл бұрын
2:56 that track is called a diamond crossing because it splits into 4 or more track ways, almost creating a diamond.
@snakecold67554 жыл бұрын
this is railway
@DingoXBX4 жыл бұрын
can you explain how it works though becayse i dont understand it at all
@roydavis52224 жыл бұрын
Thats an Interlocking. I work for the railroad and have never heard diamond crossing
@Mario_Sonic_Pro4 жыл бұрын
@@roydavis5222 oh. I just call it diamond because it shaped like diamond 😅
@johnlivingstone85917 жыл бұрын
wow. now there's something you don't see everyday. a real road train. nice vid.
@irelandbloke4 жыл бұрын
Awesome catch ! 👍🏻
@CAoffRoading4 жыл бұрын
Seen the opposite combination frequently in NC. A peterbilt on train wheels tugging rail cars down the line. Never seen this setup however.
@joshroller94497 жыл бұрын
See these trains a lot in Peru, IN
@JPL04MEDAN4 жыл бұрын
This is amazing ... container trucks on the tracks. very unique. very good video
@seanvance59697 жыл бұрын
'Twas a lot of trucks off the road
@truckeemick24867 жыл бұрын
Sean Vance; yes a lot of trucks off the highways for sure but way more trucks around your neighbourhood for certain. point to p[oint trucking long proved to be the safest and most efficient with cleanest footprint.
@gracenauen98287 жыл бұрын
Sean Vance there where a lot of road trailers nice diamond
@lawrencewheeler88686 жыл бұрын
Sean Vance truck drivers still have to make final delivery.
@kelvintorrence59945 жыл бұрын
No any more triple crown is,gone bye
@Steve.Vaught4 жыл бұрын
There are more trailers than trucks
@LatitudeSky4 жыл бұрын
Used to live near a yard where they built up and broke down these RoadRailer consists. Sometimes the trailers were obviously repainted from Schneider orange but sometimes they'd just throw Schneider trailers right in the mix. As far as I know, Schneider was the only other company using this kind of hardware. It seemed to me like this was great way to do multimode. Sure you lose double stacking but you don't need all those double stack cars and you don't need cranes and whatever to hand the trailers. These RoadRailers seem much more efficient.
@jayelbee11115 жыл бұрын
Wow, I have never seen this type of intermodal before. This freight train does not have any flatbeds. I guess they figured out that eliminating the flatbed would lose million pounds of weight. Thus, a lighter freight train would increase fuel economy, acceleration, and improve braking. Norfolk Southern is definitely reducing fuel costs here. Noticed how the train suddenly started accelerating? Cool video here!!!👍
@MystiCmeshtool5 ай бұрын
No? They are getting rid of these
@5353iceman7 жыл бұрын
Thank you the video. I cannot believe the trailers can handle load. Fascinating!
@airashsamuelkiran87285 жыл бұрын
Beautiful sounds of trains
@djarcforceable4 жыл бұрын
Always have wondered how these trailers can handle the stress of all the trailers behind them... especially when going into an emergency stop. I bet some of em get mangled up pretty good and come off the tracks during an emergency stop. Also I have to think these must only be pulled like this when they're empty.
@Steve-gl7op4 жыл бұрын
I load/unload these trailers a lot. Loaded with parts for Auto plants or empty knockdowns and totes going back to supplier.
@tomcline56313 жыл бұрын
General Motors developed these in the mid 80s. We're gonna be primary shippers for the ,then,new Fairfax B.O.P. plant.
@MrBigMac96473 жыл бұрын
I've seen a few retired triple crown trailers that had the norfolk southern and conrail logos on them.
@pixamite17 жыл бұрын
I hated too see the triple crown's phased out. They eventually got to where the airbrake was terrible on most of them. Grab 1st service and "pow" your were in emergency in most cases. Other than that, they ran like a sports car as long as you had good power. Glad I got to experience them.
@MrCancer19655 жыл бұрын
That was pretty neat. Never saw it done like that before. Nice.
@Stealth_Grey2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching triple crown roll through town everyday when I was younger. I used to think they were boring but now I kinda miss them.
@robertgift6 жыл бұрын
Glad you showed the track crossing. Nice that you panned around to show the area 3C still used today? Time to get a tripod. Thank you.
@Dan-uv5lw7 жыл бұрын
Now I know what roadrailer means. Never seen one before. How do they turn corners? Does not look easy.
@ejdsndnj3 жыл бұрын
They turn on corners easily.
@holieocorneiousgerhart61747 жыл бұрын
Ns is slowly getting rid of the triple crown trains. Closed the Fort Wayne yard down a couple years ago. I think Ns only runs 1 both ways out of Detroit towards Decatur Ill. And that's mostly auto parts. They are light trains and they did run them up to 150 trailers.
@MrToradragon7 жыл бұрын
Why? This seems like great system, were there some problems with them?
@jayl80347 жыл бұрын
They are special built trailers with a 2 inch train-line airline going down the side. The ICC bumpers flip up to allow the piggy-back wheel-set. NS is the only carrier that I know that has them,(Note the entire train is "Triple Crown trailers). The only advantage from this method of Intermodal is weight saving. From a utility aspect most customers either have their own intermodal trailers/containers, or lease them . In the Triple crown situation you are leasing from NS entirely. The only utility these road railers have is if they can be delivered remotely,(ie: at the customers location rather than a railyard),which would require expensive loading unloading equipment.Also the weight saving would be lost because who would want a whole train delivered remotely, when it can be piggybacked from the railyard in the same amount of time??Roadrailers are a good concept,but has little utility for the rail customer. RIP Triplecrown.
@sharkheadism5 жыл бұрын
The main advantage was that unlike normal TOFC trains, Roadrailers didn't need cranes or lifting equipment at terminals. That saved money and time, but that still wasn't enough to make it successful.
@matthewcataldo11064 жыл бұрын
Not to mention road trailers have a much short lifespan than railcars and lower weight carrying capabilities.
@jonathanfreedom1st2 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if anyone else noticed the Mansfield Bars missing from the rears of semi trailers. 🤔 to convert these trailers for rails even for temporary makes for economically sound Logistics? Seems like a lot of energy used to assemble this train. Or does it truly save the work of the load and unload process of their contents?
@ryanharris40796 жыл бұрын
The sounds of the track is satisfying who agrees?
@EMDFL95 жыл бұрын
I suspect the lead box TCSZ361111 will be slightly longer than 53 feet by the time it gets home. The wheel dust stains on the rear of the trailers are common to see on New England highways. Now I know how they get that way. I wonder how this effects the carrier's insurance rates...?
@jpsholland7 жыл бұрын
Are the trailers a special design for this kind of use? I think the average tarmac trailer is not designed to be strong enough to haul 50+ other trailers.
@boggy76657 жыл бұрын
Yes, weight is 1000 lbs heavier than a road trailer.
@the_real_drwhoroblox1935 Жыл бұрын
Is it funny that I kinda thought about a similar idea I mean, allow me to explain. At one point I was imagining a train that uses fifth wheel couplings instead of the traditional Janney ones. Most of the cars lack road wheels, instead having bogies fixed onto them. Also the card have extensions of their frames to accommodate the fifth wheels, but the others don’t have any wheels at all and are purely supported by separate bogies/trucks that have the same couplings like in a traditional Road Railer. Several adapter cars are part of the consist to connect the train to the locomotives. Kinda shocked to see something like what I described is actually a thing, I got recommended this at an inappropriate time but I still can’t get over the fact that some railroads have the guts to make these tractor trailer trains.
@houseofsolomon24407 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting- Don't see many of these. Intermodals won that round 🚂
@lawrencewheeler88686 жыл бұрын
akro n61972 drove for Roadway for 18 yrs in SLC,UT. Local, rail shuttle
@devonbrown36186 жыл бұрын
akron61972 it's cancelled
@albshore84 жыл бұрын
Thats cool never seen that set up before.
@briang60407 жыл бұрын
That is really cool how those tracks are designed like that. That's some skilled work right there. Impressive. Being a railfan myself, I'd be in awe hanging out there.
@Tolono6 жыл бұрын
Many people do. There's a nice little building with vending machines etc where you can sit and watch trains. If you're interested, look up a map of Dolton Illinois, or the "Matteson Cloverleaf" just southeast of Matteson Illinois. Those are quite impressive as well, but they don't provide food or anything there.
@navinbabji7 жыл бұрын
Nice one, really rare seeing something like this...and the diamond crossing was also sweet...👍👍
@IOWNA117 жыл бұрын
As fast as they accelerated tells me those were empty.
@25mfd7 жыл бұрын
Perhaps...but don't be surprised at the acceleration even if they were loaded. Those were some high hp locos up front. Those roadrailers even if loaded were WAY under the HP/ton ratio for this train.
@mattmoschkau28317 жыл бұрын
Fully loaded they would weigh between 61 to 62k lbs, which with a average road tractor weighing 18k lbs reaches max legal limit of 80k lbs. That’s roughly 30 tons per trailer or about the same weight as many rail cars weigh empty. It’s just not enough to make modern locomotives break a sweat!
@dougmcmullen47137 жыл бұрын
NS was the only Railroad to use these. I don’t know l old this video is to but they had a lot of trouble with this system. Mostly derailments because they were so light. This is the only Railroader I’ve seen in 15 years, so what’s that tell you. As far as I know NS went back to intermodal only.
@mattmoschkau28317 жыл бұрын
Doug McMullen Conrail and NS both used them years ago and NS was able to fix a lot of issues except they couldn’t fix the lack of profit.
@dougmcmullen47137 жыл бұрын
Matt Moschkau 👍👍
@LakeHatchineha7 жыл бұрын
You learn something new everyday
@jonathoncole70207 жыл бұрын
I counted there were 508
@arkadiuszugowski98227 жыл бұрын
Jonathon Cole: damn 509... i need to count them again?
@corsakias6 жыл бұрын
509 x42 ft...=
@bogdannicolescu2805 жыл бұрын
i was looking for this.
@rtz5494 жыл бұрын
Except the documentation for these cars states 125 max. My favorite part is it says absolutely do not hook up any regular rail cars to these.
@ROYMOZART4 жыл бұрын
Gracias
@greatlakesrailfan5867 жыл бұрын
Nice RoadRailer catch with the D9W leader
@brikapp28717 жыл бұрын
I've seen those semi trailers come apart under load. Not a good idea.
@truckeemick24864 жыл бұрын
@akron/nov61972 the fact is, they did it till everything was fucked and cost too much to replace/upgrade. what does that tell you.
@jonnyl54427 жыл бұрын
All the creaking and cracking, I could fall asleep to this.
@mewtwo.1507 жыл бұрын
Because why hire lot of trailer drivers when you can only hire one train driver? Like a boss!
@wazza33racer7 жыл бұрын
rail is best suited to heavy,high density freight...........double stack containers and heavy bulk hoppers. This is just a waste of track. Due to the stress put through each semi trailer, there is a very real limit to how many can be coupled AND they cant be coupled to heavy rolling stock. Economic fail and waste of rail resources.
@mewtwo.1507 жыл бұрын
wazza33racer, dude is a joke :v
@SPharaoh7 жыл бұрын
Mew Two You're wrong. At some point driver will be needed as the train can't go to all the individual places each cargo need to go.
@mewtwo.1507 жыл бұрын
Get right or Get left, afraid of the past sir?
@smash5917 жыл бұрын
Long haul trucking is killing people because more is expected of the drivers than is humanly possible. Rail transport of trailers between inter-modal ports is the safest and best method. Drivers pickup and deliver trailers/loads in their own region and sleep in their own bed at night.
@interstate5trucker4 жыл бұрын
Back in the 1990’s Swift ran these trains north and south on the old Southern Pacific Rail Road (now Union Pacific), I was them go thru Redding,California often.
@markwillcox7204 жыл бұрын
As much as I enjoy a good train video, I have to say this one was as interesting as taking a good shit and then realizing that I don't have any toilet paper to wipe my big ass with!
@povertyspec9651 Жыл бұрын
The only Triple Crown train left is a daily NS run for Detroit-Kansas City if I'm not mistaken.
@napoleonbonaparte60377 жыл бұрын
I have never seen that befor
@chiefguns19806 жыл бұрын
Not that type of connection.
@brinafees6 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen trains before but not like this- that is a must see on how it’s loaded 😁
@jvdm54127 жыл бұрын
whats the point of roadrailers we already have container cars box cars and flat beds
@boggy76657 жыл бұрын
Less handling time & equipment at the road-rail transition.
@HesJustSteven7 жыл бұрын
Also lowers the overall height profile and makes it easier for trains to travel underneath lower bridges and tunnels.
@Wooburnmusic4 жыл бұрын
Gee sus wow ! America certainly knows how to do trains eh ! I can't believe that acceleration wow again ! Great video, thankyou 😁👍
@erikgag5 жыл бұрын
Lol here in Germany we have train wagons for that they get lifted up with a crane put on wagon get secured and off they go
@radioactiveatom62714 жыл бұрын
Yeah we have that in America too, I'm not to sure what the hell this is I've never seen a train like this before.
@michaelminton1224 Жыл бұрын
I remembered watching a couple of those at Sandusky, Ohio in 1997.
@Dazzalinco17 жыл бұрын
so whats the point of truck trailers?
@jpsholland7 жыл бұрын
Faster transportation. But if this is the goal, i think the German system is better. In Germany they use flat cars designed as a kind of road on trucks. Semi drivers just ride their big rigs on the train. The driver then take place in a passenger car and train is ready to go. At the destination they start up the big rigs and ride of. There is no assembling and disassembling of any kind needed.
@ludwigstrauss34827 жыл бұрын
The system is used everywhere in Europe, not only in Germany
@danf39377 жыл бұрын
Dazzalinco1 no tracks behind Wal-Mart
@ivyblue16647 жыл бұрын
The distances are much greater. What is a driver going to do, ride with the truck from LA to NYC, some 3,000 miles? ( Or 5,000 odd kilometers)
@bit2shift7 жыл бұрын
+Ludwig Strauss you mean the system of intermodal containers, not the one where semi-trailer trucks are transported as-is on top of flatcars.
@stephenwilliams65475 жыл бұрын
I remember them roadrailers back in the old days now after all these years I never saw them again but no matter what they will always be a memory.
@mikeytrains17 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, Triple Crown trains.
@TrainsNStuff7 жыл бұрын
yup
@wharris3027 жыл бұрын
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@brikapp28716 жыл бұрын
I've seen those trailers in pieces. The semi trailer frames aren't strong enough to handle the force of pulling that many units. When the stretch beyond their limits they snap. Makes a huge mess.
@sharkheadism5 жыл бұрын
These are purpose built for this application. They're not ordinary trailers.
@crackerjack48337 жыл бұрын
jesus that is a LONG consist. I've not seen that long of a consist before of nothing but Big Rig Trailers LOL!!!!
@broo1176 жыл бұрын
Saw this in Manteca Ca in 2003, it did not last due to the trailers were not strong enough and other issues. It was a nifty visual though.
@sharkheadism5 жыл бұрын
The problems with Roadrailer service were economical, not technological. The trailers are plenty strong.
@Conky0115 жыл бұрын
Im a carman and that looks extremely stupid to me, even the air hoses don't seem very secure
@Conky0115 жыл бұрын
@ why would it take a job away? A Carman still has to connect the hoses, change the brake shoes, inspect the wheels and the running gear and then do an air test on it before the train can leave the yard. All a Carman's Job!
@darreldunbar49744 жыл бұрын
As a former yard spotter (move trailers around yards) I hated the trippleCrown trailers. There is a nose piece the goes into the trailer in front of it when it is in train form. That nose piece spreads grease all over the cat walk.
@b.g.bbeezo1004 жыл бұрын
When you're company cant afford real intermodals and this was the last resort
@b.g.bbeezo1004 жыл бұрын
@xv70 1 Ok ....but you can stack two to four trailers on 1 intermodal so how much space are you really saving and if you actually watched the video he said those triple crowns were going out of service....DUH🙄
@paulnorcross59547 жыл бұрын
Interesting concept......and a good blast on the horns too.