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Tags: <story-identification><tv>
Title: 70s or 80s TV show, possibly post-apocalyptic with a massive train-like car
Question: I seem to remember the intro to the show having the train-car traveling amongst some barren mountainous terrain.  I seem to remember that each section of the car-train had a different purpose, like the medical car, and the weapons car, etc.  I don't think it ran for more than a season, possibly not even completing a full season. It was live-action. It was on US television, and I don't remember any accents, so I am guessing it was American.

Answers:
sents: text: Ark II
text: Here's a guess:
text: Ark II Three young scientists travel around the country in the 25th century after the world has been ravaged by pollution.
text: In their hi-tech RV, the titular Ark II, they study the land and help out those in need.
text: Go here and here for more details, episode guides and pics.
text: Watch a making-of documentary here .
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22237/rumandwrite
score: 21
sents: text: Yet another possibility:
text: This is the Overlander from Terrahawks .
text: It's function is: an automated all-terrain vehicle similar to a rail-free train with multiple, articulated sections that brings supplies to Hawknest.
text: - ( Wikipedia )
text: This image is from David Sisson's page - a man who restored the original model.
text: In your question, you mention multiple sections , which the Overlander had.
text: And you mention mountainous terrain - which was exactly the terrain on which the Overlander drove.
text: See if the vehicle in this video looks familiar:
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/143/Reinstate Monica - Goodbye SE
score: 10
sents: text: This is almost certainly The Highwayman .
text: It was another cheesy Glen Larson series from the late 1980s or so, and depicted two quasi-law enforcement officers who drove trailer trucks that
text: (I kid you not) could convert into helicopters.
text: One of them had this ridiculous Australian accent, but I am uncertain if this was just acting or if he was someone famous from that continent or whatever.
text: I don't think it lasted a full season.
text: Here is an image I dug up on Google to confirm it:
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/7603/John O
score: 8
sents: text: Could you be thinking of Damnation Alley ?
text: Although produced and released as a theatrical movie, it made its way to TV fairly quickly.
text: IIRC, the TV version was broadcast in two parts, making it feel like a mini-series.
text: Practically another star of the show, the "Landmaster" was a custom-built articulated vehicle with a very unique wheel arrangement - the three-wheel clusters could rotate to climb over large obstacles.
text: The Landmaster was actually built full-scale and driveable, having a working drivetrain.
text: As for the "specialized sections", could you be thinking of the movie The Core ?
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/31181/Anthony X
score: 5
sents: text: Sounds like Genesis II and/or Planet Earth .
text: These Gene Roddenberry TV movies involved a train system and the character name Dylan Hunt.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/85302/user85302
score: 4
sents: text: I think you might have a few shows mixed up
text: but I believe I have your answer.
text: I believe that you are referring to the second season of The Highwayman where they added the actor Mark Alexander "Jacko" Jackson who was a former Australian rules football player.
text: He had a different-styled (1/2-height) tractor that could separate, unlike the tractor that actor
text: , Sam Jones drove that had a helicopter that separated.
text: Here is a photo of Jacko's tractor-trailer:
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/66486/user66486
score: 3
sents: text: Supertrain .
text: Supertrain is an American television drama/adventure series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979.
text: Nine episodes were made, including a 2-hour pilot episode.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/110903/train
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
This may be Ark II, The Overlander from  Terrahawks, Supertrain, Damnation Alley, Generis II/Planet Earth or The Highwayman.
The name of the TV show is most likely one of the following: Ark II, Overlander, Supertrain, the Highwayman, Damnation Alley, Genesis II or Planet Earth.