Modalohr wagons, designed and built by the Alsatian company Lohr Industrie are used.
The deck between the bogies (trucks) pivots (swings) 30°, allowing the trailers to be loaded from the sides.
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Two rolling highways are currently in operation in France, both using French Modalohr technology: the 175 km Autoroute Ferroviaire Alpin, connecting the Savoy region to Turin through the Fréjus Rail Tunnel owned and operated jointly by SNCF and Trenitalia, and the 1,050 km Lorry-Rail which connects Bettembourg, Luxembourg, to Perpignan operated by SNCF.