Railway vehicle and process for moving gravel

A railway vehicle for moving material comprising at least a railway wagon extending longitudinally between a first and a second longitudinal end portions, wherein the railway wagon comprises:

• at least one platform,
• at least one carriage configured to support the platform and allow the movement of the railway wagon along rails, and
• at least one conveyor carried by the platform and having an operating section configured to receive the material, the conveyor being configured to move the material relative to the platform at least along a advancement direction between the first and second longitudinal end portions of the railway wagon, wherein the conveyor of the railway wagon comprises:
• at least one drive element arranged according to a closed path, and
• a plurality of plates constrained to the drive element and movable together with the latter, the plates of said plurality are configured to define the operating section and move the material along the advancement direction,
• wherein the plates of said plurality are flanked one another along the entire closed path of the drive element.

A railway vehicle for moving material comprising at least one first and one second railway wagons, each of said first and second railway wagons extending longitudinally between a first and a second longitudinal end portions, wherein said first and second railway wagons are engaged with each other at the second longitudinal end portion of the first railway wagon and at the first longitudinal end portion of the second railway wagon,

• wherein each of said first and second railway wagons comprises:
• at least one platform,
• at least one carriage configured to support the platform and allow the movement of the railway wagon along rails,
• at least one conveyor carried by the platform and having an operating section configured to receive the material, the conveyor being configured to move the material relative to the platform at least along a advancement direction between the first and second longitudinal end portions of the railway wagon,
• wherein the railway vehicle comprises at least one connection device carried by at least one of said first and second railway wagons and configured to define an intermediate section of connection of the operating sections of the conveyors of the first and second railway wagons,
• wherein the conveyor extends longitudinally between the first and second longitudinal end portions of the railway wagon,
• wherein the conveyor of each wagon extends transversely between a first transverse end portion and a second transverse end portion,
• wherein the railway vehicle further comprises at least one first lateral wall and at least one second lateral wall opposite to the at least one first lateral wall, and the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall each emerging respectively from the first transverse end portion and the second transverse end portion of the conveyor on a side opposite the platform,
• wherein the conveyor, the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall collectively define a housing space for containing material,
• wherein each railway wagon is devoid of transverse lateral walls interposed between the conveyor of said railway wagon and a conveyor of an adjacent railway wagon,
• wherein the first lateral walls of two adjacent railway wagons are spaced apart from each other to define a first lateral opening, and wherein the second lateral walls of two adjacent railway wagons are also spaced apart from each other to define a second lateral opening,
• wherein the railway vehicle includes a containment device are configured to occlude at least in part said first and second lateral openings defined between two adjacent railway wagons,
• wherein the containment device includes at least one first occlusion element engaged at the first lateral wall of a railway wagon and extending towards the first lateral wall of an adjacent railway wagon, and
• wherein the containment device includes at least one second occlusion element engaged at the second lateral wall of a railway wagon and extending towards the first lateral wall of an adjacent railway wagon.