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US 4,192,238 AGranted
Railway car drive system
AssigneeThe Budd Company
InventorsJames M. Herring, Jr., Harry M. Russell-French
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Abstract
A railway car includes prime movers mounted to a car body directly connected to pairs of gear boxes to drive pairs of axles mounted on a pair of trucks, with direct connections between the gear boxes and the connections being such so as to permit independent removal of the trucks from the prime movers and to facilitate the installation of interchangeable variable speed drives.
Claims8
A system for driving a rail car comprising:
- (a) a truck for supporting the car body of said rail car,
- (b) said truck including side frames with structural arm members extending inboard therefrom,
- (c) first and second axles secured to said truck,
- (d) first and second gear mechanisms mounted to said first and second axles, respectively,
- (e) a speed control gear mechanism supported directly by said first axle and connected intermediate said first and second axles,
- (f) driving means including a prime mover, torque converter and a transmission gear assembly connected to said car body,
- (g) a shaft connecting said transmission gear assembly to said speed control gear mechanism,
- (h) means for connecting said speed control gear mechanism to said first gear mechanism to drive said first axle, and
- (i) a drive shaft extending from said speed control gear below said structural arm members to said second gear mechanism to drive said second axle.
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