Railway rolling stock – Trains – Articulated
Patent
1984-05-25
1986-07-01
Reeves, Robert B.
Railway rolling stock
Trains
Articulated
105189, 105218A, 267 57, 267152, 280131, B61D 1700, B61F 300
Patent
active
045973377
ABSTRACT:
A low profile intermodal transport system including a tandem axle rail car truck with frame supported by a torsionally strained elastomer bonded between concentric hubs, each hub integral with an oppositely extending horizontal torque arm, and all (of above) disposed concentrically of a roller bearing journal box; two centerplates per car truck, a vertically extending kingpin centered in each, one centerplate shaft mounted, the other mounted on a pair of crankshafts with a torsionally resistant elastomer bondedly interconnecting the transversely extending crankpin (of each crankshaft) and the underside of the centerplate thereover; a vertically engaged, draft resistant cradle, interchangeably supporting a sea container or the body of a highway trailer (of the same length), interconnects the shaft mounted centerplate (at the kingpin) of one truck with the adjacent crankshaft mounted centerplate of a separate rail car truck. At each end of the train and A.A.R. coupler on the end of the centerplate frame, supplants the shaft mounted centerplate, and the crank mounted centerplate is moved to the midlength of the wheel base. A significant economy over known rail transport systems results.
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Hajec Donald T.
Reeves Robert B.
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