41chevy Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Pretty cool concept. I believe this was the Feds were going to revitalize the freight rail system. http://www.industrialdesignserved.com/gallery/Mack-Truck-Concept-Model/729106 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Triple Crown Services' RoadRailers are a step in that direction but adding power is a whole 'nother story. I guess anything is possible over time.The prototype looks like a joint effort between Mack and Norelco. A bulldog below the windshield would help. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 TOTALY USELESS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Interesting conception for the future on my mind.Difficult to imagine it working in real nowadays but time goes by very fast.Sometimes much faster than we would like. 2 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Looks like not the first time the Truck/Train thing has been tried,i don't know what the hell this thing was supposed be!.............................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Neat rig!Wonder was a truck a "father" and a train a "mother" or vice versa? Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullfuel01 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 They should concentrate on present instead. The way they're going future aint a sure thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Looks like not the first time the Truck/Train thing has been tried,i don't know what the hell this thing was supposed be!.............................................MarkEvans Auto Rail. Moved bombs and other explosives in the munitions factories during WWII 2 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmerrill0516 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I was going to say that sounds like a train and we all know how that whole idea went. Rail is efficient but when you need fast you don't go rail. The trucking industry and interstate highway system made the rail somewhat obsolete I guess. The integrated truck/trailer concept has been around for decades. Let's see 53'+cab/drive get around the city. I think the turning radius would be a challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 I see it being practical in Japan or parts of Europe, where road travel for most any truck is problematic. Here in the U.S.A. maybe California with all the CARB laws. It soeds use the MAGLEV system taht was developed in the U.S.A by General Dynamics, Grumman Systems and the USDept of transportation in the early 70's . The Feds cancelled the program and sold the technology to Japan. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 That's something Paul! I looked for info on this but couldn't find anything,i never heard of this before............learn something new everyday! thanks for posting this!................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 That's something Paul! I looked for info on this but couldn't find anything,i never heard of this before............learn something new everyday! thanks for posting this!.........................A lot of this type of info I picked up working as a volenteer with the director Bill "lee" Atwater at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in the 80's. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Was one of my favorite places to visit when we still lived in Jersey (Aberdeen P.G)......................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I see it being practical in Japan or parts of Europe, where road travel for most any truck is problematic. Here in the U.S.A. maybe California with all the CARB laws. It soeds use the MAGLEV system that was developed in the U.S.A by General Dynamics, Grumman Systems and the USDept of transportation in the early 70's . The Feds cancelled the program and sold the technology to Japan. PaulWith respect, MAGLEV was not developed by General Dynamics, Grumman or the the US Dept of transportation.The pioneer of MAGLEV, dating back to a 1934 patent, is Germany's Transrapid (http://www.transrapid.de/cgi-tdb/en/basics.prg), a joint venture between Siemens and ThyssenKrupp.Anyway, that concept model was developed by Volvo in Europe (and note the Volvo "V" in the grille). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Developed was a poor word choice. Boeing and Grumman bid in 1968 do build prototypes of MAGLEV, LIM and TACV units. Grummans won the contract and took General Dynamics Atomic Division to develop Linear Induction Motor Propulsion System and Grummans worked on the Trach Air Cushion System with Krauss Maffei and a Magnetic levitation system using a lot of German British Rail Systems technology. The Maglev system was cancelled in 1972. Grummans prototype was sent to the High Speed Test Center in Pueblo Colarado. It was never fully tested. The Garret Jet powered LIM unit ran the track at over 180mph. The Rohr Industries won the contract for the UTACV and sent a test unit to Colorado in 1974 the following year the Federal monies ran out. The Garret unit was scraped, the Grumman unit and drawings were sent to Japan by the Feds. The Rohr UTACV unit designs are running in Asia as airport links and Duke University has small 12 passenger inter campus shuttles. The Grumman unit was very familiar to me as I worked with Manufacturing Engineering to make proto tooling and parts for its hydraulic and pneumatic systems.. I also was at the unveiling at Grummans Bethpage of the test unit and was at Colorado for the delivery. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamsterGrrrl Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Short trains can be moved by trucks with "high rail" rail wheel conversions. Typically they're Western Star or Peterbuilt trucks converted by Brandt in Canada with a 600 HP engine and automatic transmission. The track is usually narrowed to put the drive tires on the rail, and they're ballasted with a heavy bed and often a big air compressor to the legal weight limit. They can pull up to 10 loaded cars, but not very fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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