Contractors guide driver of a road-rail vehicle to position his excavator on the tracks before lowering the steel rail wheels.
Road-railers are ingenious and specialised self-propelled work vehicles that can be used legally on both roads and railways. Because they can drive on the road, they can gain access to rail work sites more easily than a conventional rail vehicle which may have to be lifted onto the tracks by a crane. Road-railers are usually converted rubber-tyred road vehicles with an additional set of steel rail wheels which can be raised and lowered hydraulically, allowing these vehicles to operate on the rail tracks. Road-railers come in a wide variety of types for transporting people, carrying and excavating materials, inspecting track and can perform a huge variety of tasks when equipped with various handling devices.
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Location: United Kingdom, UK
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