Railroad freight car for carrying motor vehicles

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1998-03-13

1999-11-09

Le, Mark T.

Railway rolling stock

Car framing and structure

Freight

105355, 105396, 105409, 105411, 52 45, 52 53, B61D 300

Patent

active

059793350

ABSTRACT:
A fully protective multi-unit railroad freight car for carrying motor vehicles on two or three levels with the lowest level being in a cargo well between a pair of deep side sills. A pair of vehicle-carrying decks are adjustable in height and are counterbalanced against each other during adjustment of their locations. A roof structure is light in weight and constructed of corrugated sheet metal with a self-supporting central portion. The ends of the car are equipped with three-panel folding doors, and a flexible diaphragm closes the space between articulated adjacent car units supported by a shared truck. A modular brake operating system is mounted on the car body.

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Wabash National, The Allrailer Multilevel Railcar, advertising material regarding car in use by Sep. 1995.

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