German Federal Railway is to introduce special equipment for pick-a-back carriage of standard size heavy semi-trailers and heavy container bodies; services are to operate between 12 centers, using express freight trains moving at 100 km/hr; minimum economic distance of rail journey is considered to be 300 km, maximum distance by road at each end is 50 km; description is given of 2 platform trucks, identified as Aachen and Siegen, and of approach where additional weight and headroom are saved by not carrying trailer chassis but only bodies containing payload.


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    Titel :

    Road-rail goods transport in Germany


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Engineer


    Erschienen in:

    Engineer ; 216 , n 5610


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1963


    Format / Umfang :

    3 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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