Patent ID: 8061277

Claim:
A road and rail vehicle, comprising: a towing vehicle having a plurality of axles coupled to an elongate frame with road wheels disposed on the axles, and including at least one rear drive axle; rail guide wheels movably coupled to the frame and movable between a lowered position engageable with a pair of fixed rails of a railroad track and a raised position away from the rails; a crane coupled to the frame rearward of a rearmost road wheel; a tag axle pivotally coupled to the frame rearward of the crane and pivotal between a lowered position engageable with a roadway and a raised position adjacent the crane; and a mounting fixture coupled to a rear portion of the frame, the mounting fixture further comprising: a plate coupled to the frame and having a pair of apertures, each aperture sized and shaped to receive an elongate beam of the frame; a pair of pivot brackets coupled to the plate, each pivot bracket having a pair sides bracketing the elongate beam of the frame extending through the aperture, the pair sides extending away from the plate to a pivot connection coupled to an arm of the tag axle; and a gusset extending between the pair of pivot brackets and rearward to the pivot connection coupled to a railcar coupler.