Railroad car for container transport

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1989-04-17

1989-12-26

Hepperle, Stephen M.

Railway rolling stock

Special car bodies

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105419, 410 52, B61D 320

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048890553

ABSTRACT:
A railroad car for transporting horizontal shipping containers includes (1) a vertical transition box from the car center sill to the end wall of a well portion capable of receiving one or more shipping containers, (2) car body bottom side sills in the form of an inserted T-member, (3) shear plates at the bottom ends of the well portion, (4) a longitudinal plate in the car body well portion bottom joined to a shear plate at each end, and (5) reinforcement of the car body central portion so that it can transport two end-to-end abutting containers in the well.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4599949 (1986-07-01), Hill
patent: 4771706 (1988-09-01), Lindauer et al.

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