Convertible rail-highway lateral track set off apparatus

Details Convertible rail-highway lateral track set off apparatus Convertible rail-highway lateral track set off apparatus

1979-10-15

1982-04-13

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Railway rolling stock

Trucks

Multidirectional

104 1R, 104264, 105215C, B61B 1200, B61D 1500, B61F 1300

Patent

active

043241867

ABSTRACT:
A railroad set-off apparatus includes vertically movable running gears and an auxiliary track extending transversely to the railway carriage on which it is mounted, the auxiliary track having two rails for the running gears, each of the auxiliary track rails consisting of at least two rail sections pivotally connected to each other, one of the rail sections of each auxiliary track rail being pivotal into a vertical position, struts interconnecting the two rails, power drives for pivoting the one rail section and a support for at least one end of the rails. A rack-and-pinion drive is provided for transversely moving the carriage on the running gears along the auxiliary track.

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