RAILWAY CONVERTER FOR A VEHICLE

摘要

A chassis of a vehicle fitted with a conversion arrangement 10 includes a set of front rail wheels 12.1 and 12.2 connected by a front rail axle 14 and associated with a front suspension system 32 of the vehicle (not shown), the set of front rail wheels 12.1 and 12.2 being displaceable between an operative rail-engaging condition as shown in Figure 1 and an inoperative raised condition in which the vehicle travels on its road wheels 18.1, 18.2, 20.1 and 20.2. The rear road wheels 20.1 and 20.2 of the vehicle are connected by a rear road axle and front road wheels 18.1 and 18.2 of the vehicle are connected by a front road axle 16.