Car Train.

Here is a full story (and more pictures) regarding this story: http://angryxpeh.livejournal.com/492903.html

If the railway is abandoned, I suppose it doesn't need to ever get off the track!

Thanks for the identification, JRM!

I doubt this vehicle is dual-duty, if you look closely, there are no wheels, or wheel openings either. At least it always goes in a straight line.

You mean like this, Liberal Avenger?

hi,
Im an Aussie, and i have seen this type of thing before. I was on a trip with my best mate and his dad (who was a surveyer) and we were driving around in the country. A huge ute drove past on tiny little train wheels and it was so strange. Paul (the dad) explained it that there are some cars that have an extra gear where they have some other auxilliary device attatched to the car, like a huge winch or in this case train wheels. In countryside Australia, apparently they use it for some sort of maintenance/service/repair thingo or something. When they need to get off the tracks, they just take it out of gear, and retract the wheels and drive off. So I am not quite sure what this wierd photo is, but that is probably a similar story in a different context.