Railways – Droppings catcher
Patent
1975-04-15
1976-11-16
Sheridan, Robert G.
Railways
Droppings catcher
104 32R, 105199C, 105200, 105366C, 214 38D, 214 83, 214516, B65G 6702
Patent
active
039918890
ABSTRACT:
A railway transportation system for express delivery of cargo anywhere in the system employs standard unit trains operating throughout the system, with the individual cars in the train carrying freight in containerized units which are automatically loaded and/or unloaded at main-line terminals, thereby enabling express, reserve-passenger handling of the freight units. The unit trains are each made up of a fixed number of cars each carrying one of the specially designed containers, with the cars being adapted to automatically unload and load the containers at compatible freight terminals having an unloading station on one side of and adjacent each car of the unit train and a loading station on the opposite side of and adjacent each car when the trains are positioned in the terminal. The terminals and/or trains may incorporate means compensating for slight misalignment of the cars relative to the adjacent loading and/or unloading stations, as well as for slight variations in train length due for example to temperature variations, and in car heights due for example to car load and load distribution variations. The containers are delivered to and picked up from their terminal stations in accordance with a controlled schedule operated on a reservation basis throughout the system.
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