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The rail bus train can be found in many different countries, they are known as the pacer or the cooker trains in the United Kingdom due to the loud noises and how hot the air was in the trains.

They were made to respond to the outcry for more trains than buses, while saving money with a cheap design. They used the bodywork and engine of a bus and placed them on a train chassis.

Images for kids

  • Rälsbuss

    Hilding Carlsson diesel in Sweden

  • FCL railcar 3

    Calabro Lucane Raylway (FCL) railbus Emmina M1c.82 in Italy

  • Coche Motor Ferrostaal (FCOSA) 01

    Modern-day railbus, built originally by Ferrostaal, entirely rebuilt and redesigned in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

  • RailbusAtPrahaHlavníNádražíJuly2011

    ČD railbus at Prague, 2011.

  • Baureihe 798 752-2

    Two-engined Uerdingen railbus of Deutsche Bundesbahn

  • Bahnhof Gotha 1991. DR 172 149-7, Piglet taxi departure for Crawinkel (3282306889)

    VT 2.09 of Deutsche Reichsbahn

  • Vasútállomás, Ganz gyártmányú Árpád sorozatú (TAS) sínautóbusz. Fortepan 23230

    Árpád railbus in 1937

  • Kolar Railbus IndianRailways

    A railbus near Bangarpet (State: Karnataka)

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    Batara Kresna Railbus

  • Cultra a4

    A Great Northern Railway railbus at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, 2014

  • Nanbu Jukan Railbus

    Nanbu Jūkan Railbus Kiha102Th

  • PeruRail 291

    A railbus on the Ferrocarril Santa Ana near Machu Picchu

  • Rail bus manufacturd by sri lankan railway engineers

    A railbus at Punani railway station, Sri Lanka

  • Railbus 79964 at York Railfest

    Preserved (British Rail) railbus built by Waggon und Maschinenbau

  • GallopingGoose1952

    Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose railbus built on a luxury car chassis

  • Baureihe 798 752-2

    Uerdingen railbus in Germany

  • Railbus 79964 at York Railfest

    Two-axle British Rail Railbus in York, England

  • Tren - Tecnópolis

    An Argentine TecnoTren railbus

  • VW T1-BD 20-5031

    Deutsche Bundesbahn railroad speeder or railbus based on the Volkswagen Type 2

  • VR Dm7

    Dm7 railbus, "lättähattu" in Finland

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Ferrobús para niños

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