Principle adopted is to support front axle of a short-wheelbase tractor by a fourwheeled truck running on a Decauville line. A drawbar is carried from truck pivot to back of tractor for attachment of such trucks as can be hauled. Describes most recent pattern of tractor hauling train and converting from road to rail or rail to road traction.
The stronach dutton system of road rail traction
Roy. Engrs. Jl
Royal Engineers' Journal ; 35 , n 2
1922
4 pages
2 Figs on Supp plates
Article (Journal)
English
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