Railroad car with lightweight center beam structure

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1997-02-19

1998-06-02

Morano, S. Joseph

Railway rolling stock

Special car bodies

Freight

105404, 105411, 105416, B61D 1700

Patent

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057585849

ABSTRACT:
A railroad freight car of the center beam type, in which the upright center beam has a top chord interconnected with a bulkhead at each end of the body of the car, and spaced-apart upright columns and diagonal structural members interconnect the top chord with the center sill of the car body. At each end of the center beam an upper end of a diagonal bulkhead brace included in the center beam is attached to the bulkhead at an intermediate height, and a lower end is attached to the center sill adjacent one of the columns. In one version of the car a second diagonal bulkhead brace extends upward to the top chord from a location at an intermediate height on the bulkhead. The car may include inwardly sloping decks oriented normal to load bearing faces of the center beam, with the decks incorporating a unified structure of which a floor sheet is a load-carrying part and is supported by longitudinal stringer channels.

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