Railway rolling stock – Streamline form rolling stock
Patent
1986-07-30
1988-07-12
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Railway rolling stock
Streamline form rolling stock
105 12, 105 15, 105355, 296 1S, B61D 1700
Patent
active
047562560
ABSTRACT:
An improved multi-unit railway car adapted to carry several intermodal cargo containers stacked in two tiers, with each of the several car units having substantially smooth side surfaces and including aerodynamic drag-reducing devices located at respective positions between adjacent car units and at each end of the multi-unit car. Between units are pairs of slender posts and, optionally, a slender crossbar, located so as to interrupt the gap between containers carried on adjacent units. At each end of the car, where there is a lengthier space, because of a four-wheeled truck and a coupler, is a pair of vertical panels with a small frontal area and an optional horizontal top member. For use on a car unit intended to carry short containers, the aerodynamic devices may be without the crossbar and horizontal top panel to provide clearance for a loader to handle lower tier containers.
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DeBoer David J.
Hawkins Roger P.
Kaleta Gary S.
Rains Marvin G.
Cranmer Laurie K.
Dorner Kenneth J.
Gunderson, Inc.
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