Very Interesting !.
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That's something you don't see everyday! Thanks for sharing Simon
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You said it Brian! It's the opposite of Intermodal transport. A TRAIN on a TRUCK trailer!
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| Posted by Titan on April 20, 2007 | |
Now that is one big load! It really shows the scale difference between what we deal with in every day life.
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You should have seen the other chap! In fact there were eight locos involved in a cornfield meet due to a faulty switch at a loop. Some of these monster locos came off in a much worse state than this this one. Trains on trucks and VV seem to have a fascination on RailPictures!
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Wow that is alot of tires on that truck! Great catch! Rare chance.
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Wow, that would be cool to see but dangerous to haul. I count 32 wheels and 64 tires!
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| Posted by Christopher Anderson on April 20, 2007 | |
I especially like the sign on the rear of the truck. "Oversize"...ya reckon?!
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| Posted by Pilbara Rail on April 20, 2007 | |
The trailer actually has 128 wheels and tyres.
Each axle group has two wheels on the outside and two on the inside.
It's fully steerable and either the driver from the cab or a man on the ground can control it.
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| Posted by Bruce Kellett on April 21, 2007 | |
All the Pilbara Railway Operators have been successfully transporting rolling stock using this method since their inception the mid 1960s.There are only two viable methods of transportaion,road and sea due to the remote Pilbara Rail network being physically isolated a vast distance from the ex State Government rail network connecting Perth.The heavy axle load and oversize loading gauge prevents this equipment using this trackage.Road is the only option on land at this time. They say everthing in Texas is big.I totally agree, but come and visit the rugged Pilbara Region of Western Australia one day.
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...Cool shot you've got here, Simon. Any idea of what the gross weight is?... or the vertical clearance? Here in the states the usual vertical clearance is 13 ft. 6 in.(approx. 4.15m.), and usual maximum gross weight is 80,000 pounds (over 36,000 kg.) for loads not requiring permits. A situation like the one pictured here is certainly an exception!
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| Posted by nscaler on April 22, 2007 | |
Where are the trains trucks? They are not there, under the loco, just some timber to hold it up. Were the trucks bieng carried behind the loco on a seperate trailer?
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If I understand this photo, Pilbara Iron & HAMMERSLEY IRON are essentially the same company.
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Steve, Rio Tinto bought out Hamersley, they first used the name Pilbara Rail but now use the Rio Tinto name.
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