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@dkdkrd posted:

Road trains are fairly common in Australia....

Road Train

I've seen a couple of 'mini' versions of these on the midwest turnpikes here in the ol' US of A.  

But they're far more common...useful...in the expanse of Australia!

Not something you'd want to try passing on a hilly stretch of dotted center line roads, eh what, mate?

KD

 

The fancy bumpers on the road train trucks aren't just for looks, because they can't stop in a hurry, their there for wandering animals.

Those LeTourneau machines were really something! A staple for many years in the north of our continent was the tractor train - including caboose. The trick was to keep moving - that way the canned goods wouldn't freeze. The "engineers" were nicknamed 'cat-skinners'. There were still some around in the 80s, but have largely been replaced by the ice-road truckers you may be more familiar with.

[Photo credit: https://www.redlakemuseum.com/by-tractor.html

Last edited by Firewood

Don't forget the figure 8 train races!  Three inline automobiles connected with tow bars.  The front car has a driver, steering, engine and gas pedal but no brake.  The middle car is empty, nothing.   The third car in the rear has a driver, is steered by the tow bar and has the only brakes.

 Google "Train races".

@Trussman posted:

 

The fancy bumpers on the road train trucks aren't just for looks, because they can't stop in a hurry, their there for wandering animals.

Yepper....   They're affectionately called "Roo Bars".   Hitting a fully grown kangaroo at speed would not be a good idea for that radiator on the nose of the Kenworth.  

Of course, head-end road train equipment aren't the only ones to receive this touch of 'bling' down under....

roo bars

I've wondered whether impaling a roo on one of these would make the contraption a 'Roo-barb'......

Not to be confused with that yummy seasonal pie (w/strawberries included!) so popular around these parts.

Strawberry/Rhubarb pie.........Yummmmm!   

KD

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