Railway rolling stock – Special car bodies – Freight
Patent
1985-10-03
1987-08-25
Reeves, Robert B.
Railway rolling stock
Special car bodies
Freight
16 96R, 49411, 160201, B61D 318, E05B 6514, B60J 510
Patent
active
046884904
ABSTRACT:
A railroad car arranged to transport automobiles comprises a floor, a roof, a pair of spaced sidewalls, and at least one door assembly that is guided to a position adjacent a sidewall to enable loading and unloading of the rail car. A rail guides the lower end of the door assembly. The rail is positioned along the floor of the rail car. A plurality of fingers attached to the door assembly and extend to a sliding engagement with the rail. The rail has uninterrupted sections and extends substantially entirely across the floor between the sidewalls and has two spaced depressible sections that are pushed down by the tires of automobiles rolling thereover. Each depressible section comprises a predetermined length of guide rail, springs for biasing said guide rail upwardly, and preferably, a slotted channel through which said guide rail partially extends.
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Greenville Steel Car Company
Reeves Robert B.
Werny Scott H.
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