Railway rolling stock – Streamline form rolling stock
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-26
2011-04-26
Morano, S. Joseph (Department: 3617)
Railway rolling stock
Streamline form rolling stock
C296S181500, C410S069000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07930979
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a series of stacked intermodal containers, being pulled by a locomotive of a train, with aerodynamic drag reducing devices. A first set of containers has an aerodynamic drag reducing device with a drag reducing fairing and an attachment frame attached thereto. The attachment frame includes first and second mounting devices configured to be removably mounted to connection openings of the corner fittings of the top container of the first set of containers. The first mounting device(s) may be rotatably locked within the top connection openings, while the second mounting device(s) may be hooks for latching into the bottom connection openings. A method of attaching the aerodynamic drag reducing device is also disclosed.
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Photograph of EMD GP60 diesel freight locomotive, obtained from http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=185887.
Haenggi John P.
Iden Michael E.
Kennedy Wayne A.
Larson Matthew M.
Morano S. Joseph
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman LLP
Smith Jason C
Union Pacific Railroad Company
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