Covered hopper car

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1980-11-03

1982-12-07

Reese, Randolph

Railway rolling stock

Special car bodies

Dumping

105407, 105409, B61D 702, B61D 1708

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043621112

ABSTRACT:
A covered hopper car having curved side wall units joined to a curved roof structure with a hollow beam side plate and having a reinforcing cap member on the roof sheets with a top portion spaced above the curved roof sheets and maintained in the spaced position by hatch coaming to reinforce the hatch openings. The car also includes a longitudinally extending hollow side sill with bolster posts located at each end and interconnecting the side sill with the side plate in such a fashion as to provide a reinforcing frame encircling the curved side wall sheets and curved roof sheets to hold the curved sheets in position during car movement.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2953996 (1960-09-01), Allen
patent: 3240168 (1966-03-01), Charles et al.
patent: 3509827 (1970-05-01), Sutter
patent: 3583331 (1971-06-01), Mowatt-Larssen
patent: 4003319 (1977-01-01), Campbell et al.

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