Rail Transporter

A Rail Transporter is a wagon (UIC) or railroad car (US) designed to carry other railway equipment. Normally, it is used to Transport equipment of a different rail gauge. In most cases, a transporter wagon is a narrower gauge wagon for transporting a wider gauge equipment, allowing Freight in a wider gauge wagons to reach destinations on the narrower gauge network without the expense and time of Transshipment into a narrower gauge wagons.

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