Method for transporting bulk fluid or particulate material

Details Method for transporting bulk fluid or particulate material Method for transporting bulk fluid or particulate material

1980-07-14

1983-02-15

Knowles, Allen N.

Material or article handling

Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...

Stack forming apparatus

414481, 410 6, 410 67, B60P 307

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043738575

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for transporting fluid or particulate material is described wherein a railroad car is placed on a truck-trailer unit and is transported over land by the truck-trailer to the source of the material. The railroad car is loaded with the material at the source of the material while the railroad car is on the truck-trailer unit and is then transported over land to a rail terminal by the truck-trailer unit. The loaded railroad car is then unloaded from the truck-trailer unit at the rail terminal for subsequent rail transportation. A second method of transporting the material is described wherein the railroad car is loaded with the material and is transported by rail to a rail terminal. The loaded railroad car is loaded onto the truck-trailer unit at the rail terminal and is transported over land to a material unloading location by the truck-trailer unit. The material is unloaded from the loaded railroad car at the material unloading station while the railroad car is on the truck-trailer unit. The truck-trailer unit comprises a wheeled frame having a folding gooseneck at the forward end which serves as an unloading and loading ramp. The ramp includes either a pair of spaced-apart rails or guides for facilitating the unloading and loading of the railroad car.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1611882 (1926-12-01), Budd
patent: 2058955 (1936-10-01), Culemeyer
patent: 4103793 (1978-08-01), Weaver
patent: 4109806 (1978-08-01), Johannson

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