Hopper railroad car having top hatch cover assembly

A hopper railroad car comprising:

• a frame;
• spaced apart side walls supported by the frame;
• spaced apart end wall supported by the frame;
• a roof supported by the side walls, the roof includes a panel and a coaming supported by and upwardly extending from the panel, the coaming partially defining an opening in the roof, wherein each of the hopper railroad car, the roof, and the coaming extend from end to end in a longitudinal direction and from side to side in a transverse direction;
• and
• a top hatch cover assembly including:
• a hatch cover pivotally connectable on one side of the coaming and including a movable hatch pivotally movable from a closed position engaging the coaming to an open position disengaged from the coaming, and
• a hatch cover securer movably connectable on an opposite side of the coaming and including a hatch cover engager movable from a hatch cover engagement position in which the hatch cover engager secures the movable hatch in the closed position engaging the coaming to a hatch cover non-engagement position in which the hatch cover engager allows the movable hatch to move to the open position, wherein the hatch cover engager is pivotable, along a longitudinal axis that extends in the longitudinal direction, from the hatch cover engagement position to the hatch cover non-engagement position.

A hopper railroad car comprising:

• a frame;
• spaced apart side walls supported by the frame;
• spaced apart end wall supported by the frame;
• a roof supported by the side walls, the roof includes a panel and a coaming supported by and upwardly extending from the panel, the coaming partially defining an opening in the roof;
• and
• a top hatch cover assembly including:
• a hatch cover pivotally connectable on one side of the coaming and including a movable hatch pivotally movable from a closed position engaging the coaming to an open position disengaged from the coaming, and
• a hatch cover securer movably connectable on an opposite side of the coaming and including a hatch cover engager movable from a hatch cover engagement position in which the hatch cover engager secures the movable hatch in the closed position engaging the coaming to a hatch cover non-engagement position in which the hatch cover engager allows the movable hatch to move to the open position, wherein the hatch cover engager is linearly movable from the hatch cover engagement position in which the hatch cover engager secures the hatch cover to the hatch cover non-engagement position.

A hopper railroad car comprising:

• a frame;
• spaced apart side walls supported by the frame;
• spaced apart end wall supported by the frame;
• a roof supported by the side walls, the roof includes a panel and a coaming supported by and upwardly extending from the panel, the coaming partially defining an opening in the roof;
• and
• a top hatch cover assembly including:
• a hatch cover pivotally connectable on one side of the coaming and including a movable hatch pivotally movable from a closed position engaging the coaming to an open position disengaged from the coaming, wherein the hatch cover includes a plurality of additional hatch engagement members extending between and rotatably connected to and between pairs of respective pivot arms of hinges of the hatch cover, and
• a hatch cover securer movably connectable on an opposite side of the coaming and including a hatch cover engager movable from a hatch cover engagement position in which the hatch cover engager secures the movable hatch in the closed position engaging the coaming to a hatch cover non-engagement position in which the hatch cover engager allows the movable hatch to move to the open position.