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They already make adapters for trucks so inspectors can drive down railroad tracks. It shouldn't be too hard to design a pair of clip-on booties for buses so they could ferry evacuees a safe distance away from whatever city is being evacuated. A pair of clip-ons would be put on the tracks, the bus
would drive up onto them, the ends would be flipped up to snap onto the tires (somewhat like snow chains do), hydraulics would raise the bus enough for its tires to clear the tracks, and off it would go. Several convoys could be run during a 24 hour period, giving people a way out of town that wasn't clogged with traffic.
Of course, it might even be more sensible to park a couple of freight trains in the city when an evacuation seems imminent. Several thousand people could be easily loaded onto the trains and driven out of town that way once the the order came to evacuate, and it wouldn't take hundreds of bus drivers to do it. But that might make too much sense.
"High Rail" bus
http://images.googl...en%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
[half, Sep 17 2005]
"hi-rail" images
http://images.googl...GGLD:en&sa=N&tab=wi
[half, Sep 17 2005]
highrailer bus
http://alaskarails....pix/mow/JC-bus.html
[half, Sep 17 2005]
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The general term I heard railroadmen use to describe a vehicle so equipped is "highrailer". |
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half - Thanks for the links. I'd never heard of highrailers before. I guess the only thing not baked yet is the idea that these should be stocked by cities ahead of time so they could be used as part of an evacuation plan. |
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A topper of an idea. I vote for it. |
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