Disclosed herein is a retractable rail track engagement apparatus 10 for a vehicle 102. The apparatus 10 comprises a mounting bracket 12 for fixed connection to the vehicle's chassis 102, and a rail wheel assembly 14. A pair of hydraulic actuators 34 extends between the mounting bracket 12 or vehicle chassis 102 and the rail wheel assembly 14. Actuation of the actuators 34 hingedly moves the rail wheel assembly 14 relative to the vehicle chassis 102 between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration for selectively disengaging and engaging the rail wheels 22 with rail track 200, respectively. 16b 16a 16b 12 16 38 22 18 ..
Retractable rail track engagement apparatus
2015-08-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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