A computing system may obtain, for each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles located within a location area, navigation data that indicates a travel route for the vehicle. Based on the navigation data for the plurality of vehicles, the computing system determines a subset of the plurality of vehicles that are within a threshold distance of each other and have respective travel routes that at least partially overlap. The computing system selects, based on a set of selection parameters, two or more vehicles among the subset of vehicles to form a platoon of vehicles that travel in a coordinated arrangement in proximity to each other during at least a portion of the respective travel routes of the selected vehicles. The computing system can direct the selected vehicles to form the platoon of vehicles.

An underbed hitch mounting system is described. The mounting system may be utilized for towing vehicles wherein the mounting system may selectively accommodate either a fifth wheel hitch or a gooseneck hitch. The mounting system may include at least one rail capable of being connected to a vehicle frame, wherein the rail includes at least one socket. The socket may be engaged with a receiving member, wherein the receiving member may be engaged with a leg of a fifth wheel hitch. A mid rail may be connected to the rails and may include a hitch ball socket that is capable of engagement with a hitch.

An underbed hitch mounting system is described. The mounting system may be utilized for towing vehicles wherein the mounting system may selectively accommodate either a fifth wheel hitch or a gooseneck hitch. The mounting system may include at least one rail capable of being connected to a vehicle frame, wherein the rail includes at least one socket. The socket may be engaged with a receiving member, wherein the receiving member may be engaged with a leg of a fifth wheel hitch. A mid rail may be connected to the rails and may include a hitch ball socket that is capable of engagement with a hitch.

An onsite steel rail laser processing engineering vehicle, including a laser processing power engineering vehicle and a laser processing cart, the laser processing power engineering vehicle is connected to the laser processing cart; the onsite steel rail laser processing engineering vehicle further comprises a transport mechanism disposed on the laser processing power engineering vehicle; through movement and rotation, the transport mechanism transports the laser processing cart into the laser processing power engineering vehicle or transports the laser processing cart out from the laser processing power engineering vehicle and places it on rails.

An onsite steel rail laser processing engineering vehicle, including a laser processing power engineering vehicle and a laser processing cart, the laser processing power engineering vehicle is connected to the laser processing cart; the onsite steel rail laser processing engineering vehicle further comprises a transport mechanism disposed on the laser processing power engineering vehicle; through movement and rotation, the transport mechanism transports the laser processing cart into the laser processing power engineering vehicle or transports the laser processing cart out from the laser processing power engineering vehicle and places it on rails.

Autonomously drivable vehicles, selectively controllable by on-board and remote controllers and capable of travel on both conventional railways and conventional roadways by virtue of bimodal wheel combinations of roadways wheels and railway wheels, the latter of slightly smaller radius than that of the former, are disclosed. Vehicle direction and speed are alternatively and selectively controlled by (1) an onboard vehicle controller (autonomous and/or personal) or (2) a remote controller (as in a locomotive or central rail network management system). In railway mode, direction is controlled by track-following railway wheels and movement is propelled either by an on-board motor or motors or by locomotive force supplied by a connected vehicle such as a conventional locomotive.

A road/rail vehicle has front and rear road wheels, an engine driving the rear road wheels, and an indicator of actual vehicle speed. Retractable front and rear rail wheels are mounted on the vehicle and movable from a raised road position for operation in a road mode to a lowered rail position where the rail wheels engage rails of a railroad track for operation in a rail mode. A suspension system is adjustable in the rail mode to vary a weight proportion of vehicle weight that is a tractive weight carried by the rear road wheels and a guidance weight carried by the rear rail wheels, and a suspension control is adjusts the suspension system to provide a selected weight proportion. A maximum allowable vehicle speed decreases as the tractive weight increases and a maximum speed indicator shows the maximum allowable vehicle speed for the selected weight proportion.

A system is revealed comprising existing dual-mode road-rail vehicles and railway vehicles with all vehicles having modern wireless mobile communications and GPS facilities, operating on existing railways, roadways, and roadway-railway crossings for the transportation, pickup, and drop off of passengers and of goods within and about an urban city environment. Fundamental to this system is incorporation methods of modern computer vehicle monitoring and marshalling facilities administering computer fuzzy logic assessment active engines for scheduling, monitoring, and controlling the operation of the vehicles and for providing the communications with the vehicles and the marshalling facilities in the network. The marshalling facilities schedule the operation of the vehicles on the railways and of the vehicles on the roadways, and the entry to or egress from the railways by the dual-mode vehicles, and the pickup and drop off of passengers and goods, thereby providing an optimized and safe transportation networked system.

A system is revealed comprising existing dual-mode road-rail vehicles and railway vehicles with all vehicles having modern wireless mobile communications and GPS facilities, operating on existing railways, roadways, and roadway-railway crossings for the transportation, pickup, and drop off of passengers and of goods within and about an urban city environment. Fundamental to this system is incorporation methods of modern computer vehicle monitoring and marshalling facilities administering computer fuzzy logic assessment active engines for scheduling, monitoring, and controlling the operation of the vehicles and for providing the communications with the vehicles and the marshalling facilities in the network. The marshalling facilities schedule the operation of the vehicles on the railways and of the vehicles on the roadways, and the entry to or egress from the railways by the dual-mode vehicles, and the pickup and drop off of passengers and goods, thereby providing an optimized and safe transportation networked system.

An apparatus for discharging multi-component adhesives of at least two fluidic components onto a granular ballast bed of a railway rail train includes of at least two separate carriages, which can be transferred into a vehicle or a trailer by having the vehicle or the trailer equipped on the inside with rails onto which the carriages can be rolled. The wagons can thus be transported by road to the usage site and can be put into operation by placing them from the trailer onto the tracks of the railway track using extendable rails. The apparatus allows the fully automatic spreading of adhesives over long distances to a ballast bed, so that the ballast bed is bonded in so that trains can continue to run normally. The entire apparatus can be loaded, transported and unloaded on site and put into operation by just two persons.