Auto carrier railway car

In a railway car having a body including side walls and a roof structure,

• said body having at least one open loading end including one or more cargo supporting platforms adapted to be loaded with cargo through said open end, and a door arrangement for said open end including a pair of vertical doors, adapted to be moved between open and closed position,
• the improvement of an upper door arrangement on said body supported above said vertical doors for closing an upper space disposed between said roof and said vertical doors, comprising
• door panel means having an outer surface and being pivotally mounted above said vertical doors and movable between a closed position adjacent said vertical doors to an open position away from said vertical doors whereby the outer surface of the door panel means is disposed in a position facing the inside of the car roof structure,
• supporting means supporting said door panel means solely for rotating movement on said body about a generally horizontal axis extending substantially parallel to and spaced inwardly of said open end of said body,
• said door panel means being rotatably movable about said supporting means from an open position substantially entirely recessed within said body to a closed position substantially closing said upper space, and
• operating means connected with said door panel means for moving the same between open and closed positions.