Model 1515 Rail Gear fits trucks up to 12,500 GVW. The Rail Gear adapts to trucks for the purpose of traveling on the highway or railway.

The Rail Gear is manually raised and lowered by a crank system that has a mechanical advantage to make raising and lowering effortless.

The Rail Gear is designed to eliminate the rail gear from extending beyond the standard front and rear bumpers when installed on most trucks. The Rail Gear utilizes Mitchell’s 4-Wheel Independent Torsion Rail Suspension Technology that allows the Rail Gear to fit in a compact envelope not possible with other Rail Gear suspension systems. The suspension does not require adjustment for varying payloads up to the maximum gross vehicle weight of the truck. With the elimination of the rail gear extending beyond truck bumpers, there is no need for hi-rail bumpers, sight rods or custom floor plating materials to take up the gap.

The Rail Gear has automatic retractable rail sweeps that are spring loaded in the on track position, the open center frame that prevents build-up on snow when traveling on snow covered rail.

The Rail Gear comes standard with precision-machined forged rail wheels that can be upgraded to Mitchell’s composite rail wheels that reduce railhead noise.

The front and rear Rail Gear units are identical modular units. The rail Gear kits comes complete with mounting brackets, built-in de-rail skids, steering wheel lock, wheel adapters and Accuride® Rims.

Optional Rail Shunts

Mitchell Rail Gear Cartridge style Rail Shunts adapt to all Mitchell Rail Gear systems for the purpose of either allowing track signals to be set off or not. The rail shunts are controlled by a switch in the cab. When the rail shut system is in the on position there is a direct connection between the rail wheels left to right that allows a direct circuit between the right side and left side rail. When the hy-rail vehicle gets close to the crossing the crossing circuit will be triggered and the crossing lights will go on and the gate will go down. The Cartridge Style Rail Shunt assembly is directly attached to the rail wheel axles so the shunts move with the rail wheel. The Shunt mechanism has a spring loaded cartridge that makes direct contact against each rail wheel. The optional insulation feature is required when ordering rail shunts.

Optional Composite Wheels

Mitchell Rail Gear Composite rail wheels are an up-grade from standard steel wheels. The Composite rail wheels reduce rail head noise by 90% over ordinary steel wheels. The outer in forged steel, the inner is high strength aluminum sandwiched in between special insulating material.