Railway rolling stock – Special car bodies – Freight
Patent
1991-09-11
1992-12-15
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Railway rolling stock
Special car bodies
Freight
410 49, 105418, B61D 3900
Patent
active
051707179
ABSTRACT:
Railroad car for transporting transversely oriented cylindrical objects. The cargo bed of the car projects downwardly through the draft sills, interrupting the draft sills. The car has one or more troughs defined by pairs of facing cylindrical object support members. The support members at the front and rear of the car also transmit loads from the draft sills downwardly to lower longitudinal members which bridge between the respective draft sills. Also, a telescoping cover for a railroad car which covers the entire cargo bed during transport, and uncovers the entire cargo area at once without removing the covers from the car. Thus the entire car can be loaded or unloaded without shifting the covers. The front sections and rear sections of the cover telescope independently to the front and rear of the car, thus allowing the entire cover to be positioned outboard of the cargo bed when open while remaining on track means associated with the car. Removable one-piece and two-piece covers are also disclosed.
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MacGregor Brochures, Railroad Supply and Equipment Inc., Pennsylvania, Oct. 15, 1963.
Curtis Richard D.
Richmond Shaun
Morano S. Joseph
Oberleitner Robert J.
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
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