Prototype: Two type Us 676 end adapter units and one type Us 676 middle adapter unit, used on the German Railroad, Inc. Two semi-truck rigs. Use: Transport of special semi-truck rigs.
Article No. | 15250 |
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Gauge / Design type | Minitrix / |
Era | V |
Kind | Freight Car Sets |
Model: Era V,
Length over buffers 211 mm / 8-5/16".
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The increase in transport of trucks by rail has been developed to a high degree in the Kombirail system. The special feature of this is that the individual semi truck rigs sit directly on the so-called "Jacobs" trucks. They thereby serve as a fixed connecting part of the train composition, because the trucks are connected with each other only through the trailers. Of course, this reinforced semitruck trailer design reduces the amount of load capacity for the truck, but it allows the necessary transfer of all pulling and pushing forces present in this system. Since the Jacobs trucks are self stabilizing, the Kombirail system can be used in both directions of travel.