The WHYS and WHEREFORES of B-TRAIN COMBINATIONS

by Martin Phippard

Despite the fact that that trucking dominates the transport scene in Brazil and that that double trailer combinations have been in use for over a decade, B-Trains were adopted only recently in 1999. However, these are some impressive combinations, the largest now being able to gross up to 90-tonnes and stretch out to 30-metres overall.

Brazilian B-Train pictures (bi-trem in Portuguese) from Rubem Melo.
		Rodotrem Bi-Trem with 9 axles