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road-rail vehicles

road-rail vehicles is the plural of road-rail vehicle.

Meaning of road-rail vehicle

Noun

road-rail vehicle (plural road-rail vehicles)

  1. A vehicle that can be driven along roads to a place where retractable railway wheels can be lowered onto railway track to allow it to be used on the railway, often used for maintenance and construction purposes.
    • The importance of track workers obeying site rules has been stressed after a man was hospitalised after being hit by a moving road-rail vehicle (RRV) and falling into the 'four foot' between the rails.2024 June 26, “Network News: RAIB stresses importance of road-rail vehicle vehicle safety procedures”, in RAIL, number 1012, page 17
    Synonyms:
    road-railer, RRV

Questions about road-rail vehicles

What is road-rail vehicles the plural of?
Road-rail vehicles is the plural of road-rail vehicle.

Words near road-rail vehicles in the dictionary

  1. road-hog
  2. road-hogs
  3. road-raging
  4. road-rail
  5. road-rail vehicle
  6. road-rail vehicles
  7. road-railer
  8. road-railers
  9. road-roller
  10. road-rollers
  11. road-test

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