Apparatus employing an intermediate vehicle for operably interco

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1976-09-27

1978-05-02

Makay, Albert J.

Railway rolling stock

Trains

105 26R, 105 261, 105215C, 105 65, 105231, 213 75R, B60F 104

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040868567

ABSTRACT:
An intermediate vehicle intercouples a tractor or the like with an ordinary railroad car for shuttling a number of railroad cars along the rails for purposes of loading, switching, and spotting of same. The intermediate vehicle is supported by rail wheels and has an ordinary railroad-type mechanical coupling on one end thereof for coupling with a railroad car, while the other end possesses a tractor-drawn-implement-type coupling for connection with an ordinary three-point hitch of the tractor. Hydraulically extendible, rail engaging wheels are fitted to the tractor for guidance thereof along the rails while the ordinary rubber driving wheels of the tractor are suitably spaced apart for traction engagement with the rails. An air compressor and reservoir mounted on the intermediate vehicle are pneumatically coupled to the air braking system of the railroad cars and to a brake control valve mounted on the tractor to allow the tractor operator to control the air brakes of the railroad cars during movement thereof. The air compressor is driven by the power-take-off of the tractor and power lift means on the tractor permit elevation of the intermediate vehicle from the rails for transport thereof along the ground to another set of rails.

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