Road-railer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004888",
  "term": "Road-railer",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A semi-trailer or freight container equipped with both conventional road wheels and a retractable set of railway wheels for intermodal transport. This design allows the trailer to be hauled by a truck on public roads and then coupled together to form a train for long-distance rail transport. Road-railer systems eliminate the need for flatcars, as the trailers themselves form the train consist.",
  "synonyms": [
    "road-rail vehicle",
    "RRV",
    "hi-rail"
  ],
  "subject": "Rail equipment",
  "see_also": [
    "road-rail vehicle"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Straßen-Schienen-Triebwagen",
    "es": "road-railer",
    "fr": "road-railer"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/road-railer/"
}