Railway car for transporting semi-trucks
AssigneeTrinity Industries, Inc.
InventorsRalph Hartman Schorr, Robert J. Cencer, Robert C. Ortner JR., James M. Simpson, Michael J. Rench
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a railway car for the transportation of semi-trucks. The railway car may have an interior defined by a support surface for the trucks, a pair of upstanding sidewalls, and a roof. End doors may be located at each end of the railway car for selectively permitting access to the interior thereof. The horizontal width at the ends of the railway car may be selected to permit the trucks to be loaded into the interior of the railway car.
Claims9
A railway car for transporting vehicles, the railway car comprising:
- a support surface for supporting the vehicles;
- a pair of upstanding sidewalls along each side of the railway car;
- a roof extending between the sidewalls;
- one or more end doors for selectively enclosing an end of the railway car, the end doors being movable between a closed position in which the doors substantially enclose an end of the railway car, and an open position permitting access to the interior of the railway car;
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- a first inner chock track and a first outer chock track positioned on the support surface, the inner chock track and the outer chock track being positioned on a side of a longitudinal centerline of the support surface.
A method of transporting a vehicle having a first pair of wheels spaced apart by a first dimension and a second pair of wheels spaced apart by a second dimension, the first dimension being greater than the second dimension, using a railway car comprising a support surface for supporting the vehicles, a pair of upstanding sidewalls, a roof, one or more doors at an end of the railway car, the doors selectively operable between a closed position in which the doors substantially enclose an end of the railway car, and an open position permitting access to the railway car, and a first inner chock track and a first outer chock track on the support surface on a side of a longitudinal centerline of the support surface, the method comprising:
- chocking one of said first pair of wheels by securing a chock to the first outer chock track;
- and
- chocking one of said second pair of wheels by securing a chock to the first inner chock track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.