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ROAD-RAIL SEMI-TRAILER [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2002-09-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Special Rail Transport
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- road-rail semi-trailer
1, record 1, English, road%2Drail%20semi%2Dtrailer
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A semi-trailer constructed or adapted so as to be capable of being both used as a semi-trailer on roads and carried on a railway vehicle. 1, record 1, English, - road%2Drail%20semi%2Dtrailer
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The road-rail semi-trailer has three main components: a high strength lightweight trailer, a rail bogie to carry the trailer on a rail and a transition rail bogie for connecting the trailers with the conventional railroad cars. 2, record 1, English, - road%2Drail%20semi%2Dtrailer
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
The following trademarks are sometimes used instead of "road-rail semi-trailer": RoadRailer, Kombirail, Transtrailer. 2, record 1, English, - road%2Drail%20semi%2Dtrailer
Record 1, Key term(s)
- road/rail semi-trailer
- RoadRailer
- Kombirail
- Transtrailer
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Transports ferroviaires spéciaux
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- semi-rail
1, record 1, French, semi%2Drail
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- rail routeur 1, record 1, French, rail%20routeur
correct, masculine noun
- semi-rail-route 2, record 1, French, semi%2Drail%2Droute
correct, masculine noun
- semi-remorque rail/route 3, record 1, French, semi%2Dremorque%20rail%2Froute
correct, feminine noun
- semi-remorque rail-route 4, record 1, French, semi%2Dremorque%20rail%2Droute
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Véhicule de transport bimodal combiné rail-route consistant en un ensemble de semi-remorques routières destinées à être reliées entre elles pour constituer une rame ferroviaire. Chaque remorque a des roues arrière rétractables dont l'avant et l'arrière viennent se poser sur des bogies. 1, record 1, French, - semi%2Drail
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le plus séduisant des combinés est certainement les semi-rail. Une solution technique aussi simple n'est restée dans les limbes que par le jeu des intérêts économiques qu'elle risque de perturber sérieusement. Il faut imaginer une remorque aux roues arrière rétractables dont l'avant et l'arrière viennent se poser sur des bogies. Plus besoin de grues ni de portique pour assurer le passage du fer à la route. Ce transport bimodal par excellence est encore à l'état de prototype. 1, record 1, French, - semi%2Drail
Record 1, Key term(s)
- rail-routeur
- semi-remorque route/rail
- semi-remorque route-rail
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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