Trains without Tracks

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Do you get these monsters in the UK?

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We call them B doubles and road trains.
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No Max, we don't. :shock:

We do sometimes have an artic with a trailer but normally it's a rigid and trailer.  2 trailers is one trailer too far for UK !!

I remember seeing a film many years ago about these road trains crossing the outback.  I thought they were much bigger than 3 trailers but maybe they just seemed bigger to me at that age……………:roll::roll:

I wouldn't like to pay the diesel bill for any of them.  15 years ago it used to cost £300 plus to fill up an ordinary artic in UK. Heaven knows what it must cost today - particularly with long range tanks. :shock:

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You're right, Peter.  The road trains up north have more trailers and tend to be for stock transport.  This corner is in Western Oz.  It is quite common here to see these things trundling around suburban streets.
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