The Lohr Railway System or Modalohr System (french: Système Modalohr) uses special railway wagons of a type known as piggyback wagons, to carry standard road

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s on the European rail network.''Lohr Railway System''
at lohr.fr. Retrieved 23 Jun 2017. They are currently used on the AFF route from

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and

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to the French border with Spain and vice versa. There are plans to expand this service. They have also been approved for the

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. This articulated railway wagon consists of two low-floor decks, resting on a single Y25

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in the middle and on two Y33 bogies on the extreme ends. Using standard bogies resulted in lower maintenance costs compared with the similar

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concept. The deck between the

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s (trucks) pivots (swings) 30°, allowing the trailers to be loaded from the sides. The cars are built by

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Modalohr corporate website

A wagon to carry standard semi-trailers throughout Europe

Comparable concepts

Environmental Advantage

Flexiwaggon, corporate website

Kockums Megaswing
{{freight cars Freight rolling stock Intermodal transport

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Comparable concepts