Control cab

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1988-12-22

1991-07-09

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Railway rolling stock

Special car bodies

Dumping

414339, B61D 700

Patent

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050295322

ABSTRACT:
A self-unloading train having a locomotive, a plurality of hopper cars, a discharge car and a control cab. The plurality of hopper cars have an underlying conveyer for the receipt of material from the hopper cars. The hopper cars are detachably connected to the locomotive. The discharge car is connected to the hopper cars opposite the locomotive for transferring the material from the underlying conveyer. The control cab is positioned at the end of the train opposite the locomotive. The control cab has a transmitter contained therewithin for controlling the movement of the locomotive from a remote location. The control cab is a compartment positioned at the end of the discharge car opposite the hopper cars. This compartment has a window on the wall of the compartment opposite the hopper cars. The transmitter is a radio transmitter positioned within the control cab for transmitting digitized signals to a receiver positioned within the locomotive.

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