Lighting track for autoracks and methods of upgrading autoracks
AssigneeInternational Name Plate Supplies Ltd.
InventorsDavid Humann, Thomas Freeman, Ethan Gagie
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AssigneeInternational Name Plate Supplies Ltd.
InventorsDavid Humann, Thomas Freeman, Ethan Gagie
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An elongated lighting track for attachment to a deck floor of an autorack. The lighting track has multiple track segments, each having a rigid elongated base track to receive and attach to an elongated lighting device and be attached to the deck floor. The lighting device has multiple lights and an integrated power bus. The light track also has a translucent cover configured to cover the elongated lighting device. The lighting device is attached to the base track, and the cover is positioned over the lighting device and attached to the base track. The track segments are attached to the deck floor to form the lighting track. The power busses of non-terminal track segments are electrically connected to the power busses of each of the two adjacent track segments, and terminal track segments are electrically connected to the adjacent track segment at the non-terminal end.
A method of upgrading an autorack configured to transport vehicles, the autorack having left and right sides and wheels configured to engage with and travel along railway tracks, the autorack having one or more decks, each deck having a floor configured to support a plurality of vehicles, each deck floor having a central longitudinal axis having a length and being approximately parallel to the railway tracks and approximately equidistant from the left and right sides of the autorack, the method comprising:
An elongated lighting track for attachment to a deck floor of an autorack along a longitudinal axis of the deck floor, the lighting track comprising a plurality of elongated track segments, each track segment comprising:
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