Method and means for securing railroad cars to a barge deck

Details Method and means for securing railroad cars to a barge deck Method and means for securing railroad cars to a barge deck

1975-10-24

1977-10-04

Staab, Lawrence J.

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105368T, 105473, 248499, 254 67, B60P 700

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040520277

ABSTRACT:
A tie-down device is provided having a turnbuckle-like tensioning member operated by a hand-cranked ratchet lever. One end of this member is connected by a pair of levers to a pair of jaws arranged to function as tongs to grip a railroad car part. The opposite end of the member has a double shackle arrangement allowing the device to be releasably attached to a surface-supported anchor member. A method of employing such devices to secure railway cars to the deck of a barge.

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"What's New in Products", Railway Age, Feb. 14, 1955, p. 29.

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