Amtrak U.S.Mail Road-Railor

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Notice how the wheels of this truck appear to be floating above the tracks! This is a fairly new method of transporting trucks by rail without the use of a flatbed car. The truck bodies are only attached at the ends to rail wheel units. Unlike normal freight cars, these can be pulled by a passenger train at high speed.


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