Method for transporting bulk fluid or particulate material

The method of transporting fluid or particulate material, comprising,

• loading a railroad car with said material,
• transporting said loaded railroad car by railroad track to a rail terminal,
• providing a truck-trailer unit including a wheeled frame means having a folding gooseneck apparatus at the forward end thereof and elongated track means extended over the substantial length of said frame means and gooseneck apparatus,
• aligning said truck-trailer unit with the railroad track on which said railroad car is supported,
• folding said gooseneck apparatus to a substantially horizontally disposed position,
• placing said loaded railroad car onto the truck-trailer unit by rolling said railroad car from said railroad track over said elongated track means of said substantially disposed gooseneck apparatus and onto said frame means rearwardly of said goose neck apparatus,
• folding said gooseneck apparatus to a normal position in a gooseneck configuration,
• connecting a prime mover to said normally positioned gooseneck apparatus,
• transporting said loaded railroad car over land to a material unloading location by said truck-trailer unit,
• and unloading said material from said loaded railroad car at said material unloading location while said railroad car is on said truck-trailer unit.

The method of transporting fluid or particulate material, comprising,

• providing a truck-trailer unit including a wheeled frame means having a folding gooseneck apparatus at the forward end thereof and elongated track means extended over the substantial length of said frame means and gooseneck apparatus,
• aligning said truck-trailer unit with a railroad track having a railroad car thereon,
• folding said gooseneck apparatus to a substantially horizontally disposed position,
• loading said railroad car onto the truck-trailer unit by rolling said railroad car from said railroad track onto said elongated track means of said substantially horizontally disposed gooseneck apparatus and onto said frame means rearwardly of said gooseneck apparatus,
• folding said gooseneck apparatus to a normal position in a goose neck configuration,
• connecting a prime mover to said normally positioned gooseneck apparatus,
• transporting said truck-trailer unit and said railroad car to the source of said material,
• loading said railroad car with said material while said railroad car is on said truck-trailer unit,
• transporting said loaded railroad car to an unloading terminal by said truck-trailer unit,
• and unloading the said material from said railroad car at said unloading terminal.