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TRUCK vs. TRAIN or TRUCK & TRAIN * Australia
Road-rail operations with a split-personality Bulldog down-under!
Townsville,Queensland,Australia -BigLorryBlog (UK) -January 12, 2010: -- Talk about a split personality....this 'appears' to be a train but then again look closely and that looks more like a truck at the other end of it...so what's going on?! A Bulldog that's definitely gone 'ON the rails'!
See what I mean...schizo truck or what? Biglorryblog has Peter Murray of Townsville, Australia to thank for this and he says: "... This is a recently-acquired/developed Mack truck-based 'track recording unit' by Queensland Rail (QR), which is our State Government owned Queensland State Railway Authority"...
Peter continues: "The unit is so 'new' - it is still undergoing a test and trial period. The States railway network, of 3' 6" gauge - stretches some 5,000 klms (my estimate) in all directions across our large geographical area. All of which requires regular testing and repair. This dual - road and rail going vehicle will replace a 'rail' only unit'. Unlike some other dual road and rail vehicles, the 'truck' part of this unit is only for the road travel element. Where as other similar looking units - the traction is provided by the truck unit driving via wheel/tyre contact with the railway line"... (Pictures from roadtransport/big-lorry-blog: Train Mack)
* Truck accidents reignite road vs. rail debate
Sydney,NSW,Australia -Transport & Logistics News -12 Jan 2009: -- A string of deadly road crashes involving (but not necessarily caused by) heavy vehicles has reignited the debate over the number of trucks on the roads and rail’s role in transporting freight around the country... The rail lobby, the Rail, Truck and Bus Union (RTBU) has started a campaign for rail to be used for the transport of fuel and other dangerous goods, rather than road haulage... Otherwise, New South Wales’ peak trucking industry body, ATA NSW, has dismissed a proposal put forward by the Rail, Tram and Bus Union that would see all dangerous goods transported by rail over holiday periods... The industry lobby group said safer roads and education is the best way to improve safety on New South Wales roads... ATA NSW manager, Jill Lewis, said the plan proposed by the union is not possible, as New South Wales does not have the infrastructure needed to move all dangerous goods by rail...
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