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Make your door-to-door transport service more profitable with the new
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ROADRAI LE R
The Roadrailer, jointly developed by Pressed Steel Company and British Transport Commission, and made by the Pressed Steel Company, is a doorto-door form of freight carrier completely new to Britain. It is a combined road/rail vehicle with road wheels and rail wheels which can be interchanged in 90 seconds. It has its own traction unit, so that you can use it on the road as a conventional van, or as a tanker, a tipper, or an open truck with detachable sides. Put its rail wheels down, and it can become part of a freight train. The Roadrailer is designed for use with existing heavy duty prime-mover vehicles.
The Roadrailer has combined the advantages of the railway's cheapness and speed for the long hauls; and you can run your freight straight into the unloading bays of its destination without the inconvenience and expense of intermediate handling. This makes possible—and profitable—an overnight service to any part of the country.