HO - RoadRailer® 

The RoadRailer® trailer features identical interior dimensions and a tare weight only 600 lb. heavier than conventional trailers and 1,000 lb. less than a 53-foot "high cube" domestic container on chassis. The RoadRailer® trailer has a unique air-ride suspension system which reduces the trailer weight by hundreds of pounds. The Federal Railroad Administration has increased the permissible length of RoadRailer® trains from 75 to 100 units. Testing is now underway to increase the length to 125 units. In a typical 120 unit trailer piggyback train of 60 89' conventional TTX cars there will be as much as 140 feet of coupler slack. A 200 unit container articulate double stack train has about 10 feet of coupler slack between the loco and the last car. The RoadRailer® train (125 units) has just 5 inches of slack. This reduces damage to the cargo.

Triple Crown® Service's Inc. (a jointly owned subsidiary of Conrail and Norfolk Southern) has 13 terminals Chicago, Illinois; Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Dalton, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; Jacksonville, Florida; Crestline, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Toronto, Canada; Rochester, New York; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Newark, New Jersey. In April 1996 Swift Transportation/Southern Pacific Roadrailer® service on the west coast got underway between Los Angeles, CA and Portland OR. Initial plans call for two trains per week each way, working towards a daily service.

Official Authorized Model.  Our skilled designers worked closely with Wabash National's engineering and marketing departments to insure the accuracy of our trailers. 

KIT INCLUDES: one piece plastic molded trailer body, underframe, landing gear, tires and rail bogie with Roller Bearing trucks and 33" wheels on brass axles. CouplerMate™ Transition Rail Bogie with X-2f coupler is packaged separately (only one is required for a train - not included with kit). Uses KD© #5. MADE IN USA.

List of Road Number Used

Click here for Couple Mate and Roadrailer Tongue & Coupler Photos and Info

Plate Wall RoadRailer®    Coupler Mate not included with Roadrailer kit. Only one needed per train - see below
Coupler Mate #40300  RTR with deck details and steps installed	#55500 Undecorated - not shown #55501 Triple Crown -Medium Size Logo
53' Plate Wall Roadrailer®, Triple Crown, Medium Logo #40280   Road #463007  RTR #40281  Road #463015  RTR #40282  Road #463021  RTR	53' Plate Wall Roadrailer®, Triple Crown, Large Logo #40283   Road #461605  RTR #40284   Road #461621  RTR #40285   Road #461649  RTR
Triple Crown - Large Logo #56354 Road #461006 #56355 Road #461213 #56356 Road #461599 #55503  Large Logo  Sold Out	Triple Crown - Small Logo #56351 Road #461778 #56352 Road #461781 #56353 Road #461793 #55504  Small Logo  Sold Out
53' Plate Wall Roadrailer®, Schneider #40286   Road #141450 RTR #40287   Road #141567 RTR #40288   Road #141643 RTR	#55502 Schneider National
#55506 Swift	53' Plate Wall Roadrailer®, Swift, #40289   Road #1466 RTR #40290   Road #1469 RTR #40291   Road #1472 RTR
#55505 White with Silver Trim	#55507 Santa Fe
#55508 Wabash Map w/Roadrailer Stripe	#55509 Amtrak
#55510 Amtrak	#55511 Wabash Lease
#55512 Swift w/Wabash Logo
RoadRailer® Side Door Trailer  Coupler Mate not included with Roadrailer kit. Only one needed per train - see below
#55521 Amtrak
Smooth Wall Roadrailers® Coupler Mate not included with Roadrailer kit. Only one needed per train - see below
#55525 Ice Cold Express	#55526 Ice Cold Espress w/mountain image
#55527 ICEZ	#55528 TMM
#55530 Clipper	#55531 Amtrak 'Express Trak'
#55532 Canadian National	#55533 Alliance (ReeferRailer)
#55534 ReeferRailer® - Southwest	#55541 ReeferRailer® - Small Logo Clipper
#55539 Canadian National
RoadRailer® Duraplate Trailer Coupler Mate not included with Roadrailer kit. Only one needed per train - see below
#55536 Triple Crown	#55538 Swift
#55535 Undecorated
RoadRailer® Smooth Wall Trailer Coupler Mate not included with Roadrailer kit. Only one needed per train - see below
#55701 Amtrak US Mail	#55702 Swift
#55703 Super Wedge	#55704 Triple Crown
#55708 Union Pacific	#55709 Triple Crown
#55705 Undecorated (White w/ Silver Ribs)	#55700 Undecorated
Coupler Mate™	Railing and Steps for Coupler Mate™
#55498 Coupler Mate™ Only need one per train, not included in Roadrailer kit	#55499 Railing and Steps for Coupler Mate™