Road Rail Buses
Attempts have been made over the years to design buses and coaches that could operate on both roads and railway tracks. These attempts were never particularly successful. Some were carried out in Britain during the 1930s, on the Nicky Line by LMS, using a Ro-Railer. In Australia, the New South Wales Railways tried road-rail vehicles during the 1970s on New South Wales routes.
The Deutsche Bundesbahn operated a number of buses, called the Schi-Stra-Bus, that could be fitted with separate bogies in the Koblenz area from the 1950s to 1970s (de:Schienen-Straßen-Omnibus).
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