Railcar mover

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Unimog 405/UGN road–rail vehicle used as a rail car mover

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A Volvo L70F loader fitted with Aries Hyrail road–rail vehicle conversion and train braking system

A railcar mover (also called a shunt vehicle in Australia, the UK, and in Canada, or the trademarks Trackmobile or ShuttleWagon) is a road–rail vehicle (capable of travelling on both roads and rail tracks) fitted with couplers for moving small numbers of railroad cars around in a rail siding or small yard. <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Vollert has developed an unmanned road-rail remote controlled vehicle VLEX for shunting up to 300 t.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• Road–rail vehicle
• Unimog

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