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[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Bill Murray
Found this on the Aussie site Cliff so kindly told us about.
It is described as a truck used as a Land Train which is I guess unique to OZ.
Any ideas?
Bill

Bill,

The prime mover was built by AEC and trailers by Dyson, known as the Government Road Train, shipped to Oz in 1934. It is now restored and on display at the Road Transport museum in Alice Springs, NT. This was a diesel power truck, there was another built, that went to the Gold Coast in Africa, powered by a petrol engine. Total payload was 15 tons, 6 on each trailer and 3 on the prime mover. It operated from Alice Springs to other outposts of the Northern Territory.

Richard