Assembly for increasing the load-bearing capacity of a structural component of a rail vehicle

An assembly for increasing a load-bearing capacity of a locomotive body, the assembly comprising:

• a first connector point and a second connector point at the locomotive body, the first and second connector points being formed by a combination of coupling hooks and buffers of an associated locomotive and wherein a tensile force acting at said first connector point or a compressive force acting at said first connector point is transmitted to said second connector point;
• a first load path extending between said first connector point and said second connector point being configured for a transmission of the compressive force;
• a second load path extending between said first connector point and said second connector point being configured for a transmission of the tensile force;
• said first and second load paths acting parallel to one another, but being functionally separate from one another;
• said first and second load paths having mutually different compressive rigidities, thus achieving a division of the transmission of the tensile force and the transmission of the compressive force by way of the different compressive rigidities;
• said first load path having a compression-rigid configuration, with said first load path being formed by a frame of the locomotive body and the frame being an integrated constituent part of the locomotive body;
• and
• said second load path being formed by cables forming tensile elements substantially without compressive rigidity.