Railways – Terminals and stations
Patent
1997-03-17
1998-11-17
Le, Mark Tuan
Railways
Terminals and stations
104 28, 104 29, 104137, 414333, 414334, B61J 100
Patent
active
058362517
ABSTRACT:
System and method for loading and unloading highway vehicles for transportation over railroad lines. The system has a number of railroad vehicles, each having a deck for highway vehicles. The deck extends from a central portion of the vehicle to one or both ends of the railway vehicle. The invention includes a terminal which has at least one stationary railroad track portion which is connected to a railroad system outside of the terminal. The terminal also has number of moveable railroad track segments. These segments can be positioned in a first configuration in which they are aligned so that railroad vehicles can be rolled from one or more of the stationary railroad track segments onto the moveable railroad track segments. These segments can also be positioned in a second configuration in which at least one end of each of the railroad vehicles is positioned adjacent a dock or other surface for motor vehicles, so that highway vehicles can be moved from the railroad vehicles onto the surface for motor vehicles, or from the surface for motor vehicles to the railroad vehicles. The system is equipped to move the moveable track segments from the first configuration to the second configuration, and back to the first configuration. The surface for motor vehicles is connected to a highway system outside of the terminal.
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Barr John M.
Bridges Mearl K.
Hathaway Richard C.
Klein Donald R.
Kaci Terminal System Ltd.
Le Mark Tuan
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