Rail car bridge plate

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1995-07-12

1996-05-14

Le, Mark T.

Railway rolling stock

Safety bridges

B61D 4900

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055157920

ABSTRACT:
A bridge plate assembly for use in moving vehicles between rail cars for unloading and loading has a sufficient length to span the space between adjacent rail cars and has sufficient width to accommodate vehicles of varying wheelbase. The plate assembly includes two load bearing plate members, positioned one on top of another, with one end of each plate member being formed and adapted to be attached to the end of a rail car. Each plate member has top and bottom face layers bonded to an intermediate low density core.

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