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

semi-trailer A semi-trailer is a trailer (vehicle), trailer without a front axle. The combination of a semi-trailer and a tractor truck is called a ''semi-trailer truck'' (also known simply as a "semi-trailer", "tractor trailer", or "semi" in the United Sta ...

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

Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel (), sometimes referred to by the Portmanteau, portmanteau Chunnel, is a undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at ...

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

jacobs bogie Jacobs bogies (named after Wilhelm Jakobs, 1858–1942, a German Mechanical engineering, mechanical Railway engineering, railway engineer) are a type of Rail transport, rail vehicle bogie commonly found on Articulated car, articulated railcars an ...

in the middle and on two Y33 bogies on the extreme ends. Using standard bogies resulted in lower maintenance costs compared with the similar rolling highway concept. The deck between the

bogie A bogie ( ) (or truck in North American English) comprises two or more Wheelset (rail transport), wheelsets (two Railroad wheel, wheels on an axle), in a frame, attached under a vehicle by a pivot. Bogies take various forms in various modes ...

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

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External links

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 Lohr Industrie Rolling highways

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