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US 2023/0227079 A1Published application
Railcar systems and cargo transportation methods
AssigneeTsg Canada Holdings Inc.
InventorTimothy Scott Graham
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Abstract
Cargo transport systems and cargo transport vessels that are used in combination with removable carriers that can be loaded and unloaded into the cargo transport vessel, and methods of using these systems, vessels, and removable carriers.
Claims24
A top-loading railcar comprising:
- a deck having a deck front, a deck back, and two deck sides,
- wheels supporting the deck,
- a front wall extending vertically from the deck, a back wall extending vertically from the deck, and two sidewalls extending vertically from each of the two deck sides, the sidewalls and deck defining an interior,
- a top opening at the top of the interior defined by a top of the front wall, a top of the back wall, and the tops of the two sidewalls,
- a roof that is capable of an opened position that exposes the top opening and allows access to the interior, and a closed position that covers the top opening, and
- a removable cargo carrier that comprises vertical frame supports and a horizontal support supported by the vertical frame supports, and that is adapted to be placed into and removed from the interior through the top opening,
- wherein the roof is attached to the removable cargo carrier and moves with the removable cargo carrier.
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A method of placing cargo into a top-loading railcar, the railcar comprising:
- a deck,
- wheels supporting the deck,
- walls extending vertically from the deck to define a railcar interior,
- a top opening at the top of the interior defined by a top of the walls, the method comprising placing a removable cargo carrier through the top opening and into the railcar interior, the removable cargo carrier comprising:
- vertical frame supports and a horizontal support supported by the vertical frame supports, and
- a roof attached to the removable cargo carrier, that moves with the removable cargo carrier between an opened position that exposes the top opening and a closed position that covers the top opening,
- cargo supported on the horizontal support.
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A method of placing cargo into two or more top-loading railcars, each top-loading railcar comprising:
- a deck,
- wheels supporting the deck
- walls extending vertically from the deck to define a railcar interior, and
- a top opening at the top of the interior defined by a top of the walls,
- the method comprising:
- with a first train on a rail line, the first train comprising one or more top-loading railcars,
- with a second train on a rail line parallel to the first train, the second train comprising one or more top-loading railcars,
- loading a first removable cargo carrier through a top opening of a top-loading railcar of the first train, the first removable cargo carrier comprising vertical frame supports and a horizontal support supported by the vertical frame supports, and a roof attached to the removable cargo carrier that moves with the removable cargo carrier between an opened position that exposes the top opening and a closed position that covers the top opening, with the cargo supported on the horizontal support, and
- loading a second removable cargo carrier through a top opening of a top-loading railcar of the second train, the second removable cargo carrier comprising vertical frame supports and a horizontal support supported by the vertical frame supports, and a roof attached to the removable cargo carrier that moves with the removable cargo carrier between an opened position that exposes the top opening and a closed position that covers the top opening, with the cargo supported on the horizontal support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.