To see the railroad police car fitted with railroad wheels on the track go to copcar.com,look under photos by contributors,look under contributors by state,click on Wisconsin,and go to photo # 45.You’ll see a 1960s black and white photo of a Soo Line police car with the Soo Line engine by it.
There is at least one fire department in the Adirondacks that has a truck with hi-rail wheels.
Pierce built a demo full-sized rescue with hi-rail wheels.
I’m pretty sure there are several along the Alaska RR.
Cool picture, I wonder if any RR’s have done this with modern squadcars
no cause it would be slowest, overweight and uncontrolable Squad car you imagined.
Even for a Fire Dept to add 2 to 3 tons of Highrail gear would make the truck dangerous to operate at speeds on road., Highrail gear is a gadget not needed in daily firefighting.
90% of railroads have some kind of service road where vehicles can get near tracks.
Au contraire!
From this article on the Fire Rescue website:
And finally:
http://cnyfiretrucks.com/ab/BigMooseR530.jpg
In the case of this fire department and the railroad it runs on, there are no roads. Period. The photo is definitely copyrighted, so I’ll just link to it.
Just because Pierse offers such a truck does not mean there is actual sales.
Car is a 1963 Chevrolet.
Adding hirail gear would not make a truck dangerous. Asplundh has enough trucks with hirail gear. RRs operate a number of commercial vehicles with hirail gear (as well as smaller trucks such as suburbans and tahoes).
Depends on the chasis. Nothing special about hirail gear that would make a truck designed for it dangerous.
I dunno…looks to me like a recipe for losing a fire truck and creating a bigger mess. (as in some of the leadership has an ego that blinds them to the reality that they cannot take control of every situation)
You obviously do not work for railroad and obviously have never driven or operated a Hi-rail vehicle.
Trucks and SUVs
Well OBVIOUSLY hi-rail vehicles aren’t so dangerous as to be instantly fatal to anyone who tries to operate one on the road, or there wouldn’t be any of them around. Do you work for a railroad, and have you ever operated a hi-rail vehicle? And if you do or have, what makes you the world’s great authority on them? I don’t even claim to know anything about them, but if they were as dangerous as you seem to think they’d be outlawed, or employees would refuse to operate them?
Will get off my soapbox now. Just exercising my right to be a cantankerous old coot.
Wrong again, Mr. Motorman.
Tell me what makes it so dangerous to have hirail gear on a truck? Someone better tell the railroads. Or asplundh. Or any other of the hundreds of contractors that use them. Rolling deathtraps the all of them.
You say adding a ton of wieght would make a fire engine dangerous? I’m trying to understand your logic there, dorp, but I can’t see it.
Jaap…Do us ALL a favor and go back to http://www.subchat.com
…AND STAY THERE!!!
You Arrogant Motorman!
Any similarity between Dutchrailnut and that of an actual Railroader is purely coincidental…and unintentional.
We have 33,000 pound welding trucks equipped with high rail gear that operate at speed along highways all the time, safely. We have track inspectors who drive pick ups with high rail equipment, again safely. We have boom trucks, implements (John Deere 6600 series sized), lift trucks, bridge inspection vehicles, you name it.
We have contractors, as Zugman said, from Holland Welding who have heavier trucks, that also traverse interstate highways at speed. CraneMasters had in excess of 55,000 pound cranes made for high rail use. Our Pettibone, although old, can make close to highway speed, and also has high rail equipment (including dual steering axles). http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/cr_crane.jpg
What separates them, from a fire department is training. I am trained to get off a locomotive on a main line, despite there being a 28 ballast shoulder under my feet. Our contractors are supposedly trained in on-track safety, of course with UP flagmen. Obviously, before any Fire Department will even consider this, training would be in order. Not to mention flagging requirements and authorization from the track owners. For example a train dispatcher or control operator applying a blocking device to prevent movement on the track involved.
That is the reality of Railroading in the rest of the U.S. Jaap.
RRKen and his band of trolls a legend in his own mind.
Just like I can not judge your skill of operating trains neither can you do mine.
Other than your hot air your nothing more than rethoric.
And thats for other troll too.
Well well well…Its “Motorman” Van Dorp.
Haven 't seen you in Subchat Jaap! Hiding??? [;)]
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