Modalohr
Sign in to savethumb|right|Loaded Modalohr wagon thumb|Modalohr wagon in loading position The Lohr Railway System or Modalohr System () uses special railway wagons of a type known as piggyback wagons, to carry standard road semi-trailers on the European rail network. They are currently used on the AFF route from France to Italy and Luxembourg 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. This articulated railway wagon consists of two low-floor decks, resting on a single Y25 jacobs bogie in the middle and on two Y3
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Vinony files it under Freight rolling stock, Intermodal transport and Lohr Industrie.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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thumb|right|Loaded Modalohr wagon thumb|Modalohr wagon in loading position The Lohr Railway System or Modalohr System () uses special railway wagons of a type known as piggyback wagons, to carry standard road semi-trailers on the European rail network. They are currently used on the AFF route from France to Italy and Luxembourg 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. This articulated railway wagon consists of two low-floor decks, resting on a single Y25 jacobs bogie 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 bogies (trucks) pivots (swings) 30°, allowing the trailers to be loaded from the sides. The cars are built by Lohr Industrie.
{| class="wikitable" |- | Trailers per wagon || 2 |- | Max speed || |- | Wagon unladen weight || |- | Wagon loaded weight, unladen weight plus vehicle weight || |- | Wagon lengtharticulated car || |}
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