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Ro-Railer|rəʊˈreɪlə(r)|
Also ro-railer.
[f. road n. + rail n.2 + -er1.]
The name of an experimental vehicle, introduced by the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway, which could be adapted to run on either road or railway. (No longer current.) Cf. road-railer s.v. road n. 12.
1931Times Educ. Suppl. 31 Jan. p. iv/1 Trials of the ‘ro-railer’, a vehicle which..can be driven either on the railway or on the road. 1934Discovery Nov. 317/1 The L.M.S. have experimented with various types [of railcar], including a ‘Ro-Railer’ which can run equally well on road and on rail, and more conventional Diesel-engined car. 1959H. Ellis Brit. Railway Hist. II. iii. i. 334 The L.M.S. tried out, on the Stratford upon Avon and Midland Junction line, a motor bus called a Ro-Railer, with two sets of wheels which could be very quickly substituted, one for another, according to whether it were to go on road or railway. |