Tow carry-coach

The trailer carry-coach (in jargon Culemeyer system) is a combined transport system conceived by Johann Culemeyer in 1931.

The trailers carry-coach allowed the transport of coaches of railroad on the road. Initially built with four axes they were built as from 1935 also with 6 axes equipped with 16 respectively 24 wheels with compact gum tires.

Under the currency " Die Eisenbahn ins Haus" (Way DER iron on your premise), coaches of railroad towards factories or small factories were thus conveyed which did not disosaient a connection with the railway network.

Under the name of " Fahrbares Anschlussgleis" (mobile way of connection) the system was patented on November 29th, 1931 and was presented to the public in a station of the area of Berlin.

Separately the transport of coaches of railroad these trailers were used soon for the transport of other heavy materials on road. Today one frequently meets them in exceptional transport on road.

These trailers were tractor drawn near the national company of the railroads in FRG (Deutsche Bundesbahn) by tractors especially built for this purpose by the company Kaelble, and in GDR by tractors built by the company Tatra.

A similar system is used for the transport of coaches of railroads on ways with different spacing. (of the normal way towards the metric gauge track)

Specimens of this system can be visited in the railway museum with Darmstadt - Kranichstein and in the Saxon railway museum with Chemnitz - Hilbersdorf.

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