Excavator railcar

A railcar configured to transport a payload, the open-topped railcar comprising:

• forward and rearward truck assemblies including wheels configured to traverse a railroad track;
• a frame extending between the forward and rearward truck assemblies for distributing a weight of the payload to the forward and rear truck assemblies;
• a floor positioned on the frame and configured to provide lower support to the payload;
• left and right sidewalls extending vertically from the floor;
• forward and rear sidewalls extending vertically from the floor between the left and right sidewalls to form a payload bay;
• a left track including a plurality of pedestals spaced above the floor near the left sidewall and spaced from each other;
• and
• a right track including a plurality of pedestals spaced above the floor near the right sidewall and spaced from each other,
• the left and right tracks being configured to support an independent material moving machine between the left and right sidewalls.

A railcar system comprising:

• a plurality of open-topped railcars each configured to transport a payload, each of the plurality of open-topped railcars comprising:
• forward and rearward truck assemblies including wheels configured to traverse a railroad track;
• a frame extending between the forward and rearward truck assemblies for distributing a weight of the payload to the forward and rear truck assemblies;
• a floor positioned on the frame and configured to provide lower support to the payload;
• left and right sidewalls extending vertically from the floor;
• forward and rear sidewalls extending vertically from the floor between the left and right sidewalls to form a payload bay;
• a left track including a plurality of pedestals spaced above the floor near the left sidewall and spaced from each other;
• a right track including a plurality of pedestals spaced above the floor near the right sidewall and spaced from each other;
• a plurality of ramps extending diagonally upward from some of the plurality of pedestals of the left track and of the right track toward the forward and rear sidewalls;
• and
• a plurality of material moving machines configured to be positioned at least partially in the payload bays and on the left and right tracks of some of the plurality of open-topped railcars and traverse between adjacent ones of the plurality of open-topped railcars via the plurality of ramps of the plurality of open-topped railcars.