Hydraulically driven railway car

A motorized track car comprising:

• (a) a lower frame portion having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels for rolling along a railroad track;
• (b) a platform carried by said lower frame portion and having seat means thereon for accommodating at least four persons, said seat means being provided by a raised portion of the platform and which raised portion has compartments therein with access openings thereto for storing tools and equipment.
• (c) propulsion means for said track car, disposed below said platform and, comprising a combustion engine, hydraulic pump means drivingly connected to said engine, and hydraulic motor means driven by said pump and drivingly associated with at least one wheel of the track car;
• (d) control valve means to control the capacity of said pump and the direction of fluid flow therethrough thereby to vary the speed of travel of the vehicle from zero to maximum in each of forward and backward directions of travel, said pump and motor means being connected in a closed loop fluid flow path;
• (e) brake means operatively associated with at least one wheel of the track car;
• (f) single lever control means projecting upwardly from the platform for operating said control valve and located over said platform means and brake means;
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• (g) a cab carried by said car and located over said platform providing shelter for personnel transported by said track car, said cab having windows, running lights, and tail lights mounted thereon.

A motorized track car comprising:

• (a) a lower frame portion having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels for rolling along a railroad track;
• (b) a platform carried by said lower frame portion and having seat means provided by a central raised portion of the platform and in which raised portion there are compartments therein with access openings thereto for storing tools, equipment and the like;
• (c) propulsion means for said track car, disposed entirely below said platform and comprising, a combustion engine, hydraulic pump means drivingly connected to said engine, and hydraulic motor means driven by said pump and drivingly associated with at least one wheel of the car;
• (d) control valve means to control the capacity of said pump and the direction of fluid flow therethrough for the hydraulic motor means thereby to vary the speed of travel of the vehicle from zero to maximum in each of forward and backward directions of travel, said pump and motor means being in a closed loop fluid flow path;
• (e) brake means operatively associated with at least one wheel of the track car;
• (f) single lever control means projecting upwardly from the platform and movable from one position to another through a neutral position for respective forward and backward driving of the vehicle by operating said control valve means and movable laterally at the neutral position to operate said brake means;
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• (g) a cab carried by said car and located over said platform providing shelter for personnel transported by said track car, said cab having windows, running lights, and tail lights mounted thereon.

A motorized track car comprising:

• (a) a lower frame portion having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels for rolling along a railroad track;
• (b) a platform carried by said lower frame portion and having seat means thereon for accommodating at least four persons, said seat means being provided by a raised central portion of the platform and extending longitudinally thereof and in which raised portion are located storage compartments with removable covers for access openings thereto;
• (c) propulsion means for said track car disposed entirely below said platform, said propulsion means comprising a combustion engine, hydraulic pump means drivingly connected to said engine, and hydraulic motor means driven by said pump and drivingly associated with at least one wheel of the car;
• (d) control valve means to control the capacity of said pump and the direction of fluid flow therethrough thereby to vary the speed of travel of the vehicle from zero to maximum in each of forward and backward directions of travel;
• (e) brake means operatively associated with at least one wheel of the track car;
• (f) single lever control means on said platform for operating said control valve means and brake means;
• (g) means resiliently biasing said single lever control means to a brake on position;
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• (h) a cab carried by said car and located over said platform providing shelter for personnel transportrd by said track car and seated on said seat means, said cab having windows, running lights, and tail lights mounted thereon.