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US 4,636,119 AGranted
All purpose railroad car
AssigneeTrailer Train Company
InventorBoris S. Terlecky
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AssigneeTrailer Train Company
InventorBoris S. Terlecky
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An all purpose railroad car for transporting trailers and containers, having an elongated frame adapted to be supported by wheel trucks, combined hitch and container bolster means adjacent one end of the car frame for selectively receiving and releasably retaining a trailer king pin and one end of a container, and means spaced from the combined hitch and container bolster means for selectively receiving and supporting the wheels of a trailer and the other end of a container. The car may be a light-weight skeletal frame including an elongated center sill, wheel trucks at opposite ends of the center sill supporting said center sill, each wheel truck including a single axle. Cushioning means may be provided between the combined hitch and container bolster means and the frame operable to oppose longitudinal movement of the lading relative to the frame.
An all purpose railroad car for transporting wheeled trailers and containers, said car comprising an elongated frame supported by wheel trucks, combined hitch and bolster means adjacent one end of said frame for selectively receiving and releasably retaining a trailer king pin and one end of a container and means spaced from said combined hitch and bolster means for selectively receiving and supporting the wheels of a wheeled trailer and the other end of a container, and wherein said combined hitch and bolster means is an integral rigid structure with said hitch fixed in spaced relationship to said bolster with both said hitch and said bolster permanently disposed in operative position to respectively receive and retain a trailer king pin and a container.
An all purpose railroad car for transporting trailers and containers, the car comprising a light-weight skeletal frame including an elongated center sill, wheel trucks at opposite ends of the center sill supporting said center sill, each wheel truck including only a single axle with wheels at opposite ends thereof, a combined hitch and container bolster means supported on the center sill at one end thereof and including a hitch for receiving and retaining a trailer king pin and a bolster for receiving and retaining one end of a container, platform means on opposite sides of the center sill at the other end thereof and adapted to support wheels of a trailer, and the other end of a container, and wherein said combined hitch and bolster means is an integral rigid structure with said hitch fixed axially in a spaced relationship to said bolster along the center sill such that a container retained by said bolster is spaced axially from said hitch said hitch and said bolster permanently disposed in operative position to respectively receive and retain a trailer king pin and a container.
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