Open top tipping rail vehicle with side projection progressively engaging formations at dump site for rotating body 360 degrees and dumping load

A tipping rail vehicle including a wheeled frame, an open topped container body, means pivotally connecting the body to the frame for rotation of the body at least partially about the pivot axis of the connecting means with the pivot axis being normal to the intended direction of travel of the vehicle and so positioned on the container body that the open top of the container body will remain horizontal on the body irrespective of the angle of inclination of the rail track on which the vehicle is to operate, and a plurality of tipping formations arranged in a suitably spaced relationship on the container body for rotating the container body about the connecting means pivot axis, so that, in use, said tipping formations progressively engage, as the vehicle is moved over the tip, a plurality of catches at the tip which are suitably spaced in the direction of vehicle travel to cause rotation of the container body about its pivot, said container body being in the form of a substantially cylindrical drum with the pivot axis of the connecting means passing through parallel side walls of the body on or adjacent the axis of the cylinder with the body opening extending over the length of the cylindrical portion of the body between its side walls above the pivot axis of the connecting means, said wheeled frame including on at least one of its ends, an arcuate plate positioned on the frame relative to the container body to minimize spillage from the container body as the container body is rotated about its pivot axis towards inversion.