Railway rolling stock – Trains – Articulated
Patent
1996-06-20
1998-08-18
Le, Mark T.
Railway rolling stock
Trains
Articulated
105 14, 105404, 105410, B61D 4900
Patent
active
057945365
ABSTRACT:
An improved end design for at least one predetermined end of a preselected railway type freight car which will enable such freight car to negotiate all of the track curvatures encountered in present day track structures while simultaneously enabling a plurality of such freight cars to be connected together to form a train consist in such a manner that will significantly reduce an overall length of such train consist. Such end design provides at least one predetermined end of such preselected railway type freight car having at least one of a convex shape and a double wedge shape.
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Brandt Staffan G.
Daugherty Jr. David W.
Le Mark T.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
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