Railroad freight car for carrying motor vehicles
AssigneeGunderson LLC
InventorsGregory J. Saxton, Jon B. Zaerr
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Abstract
A fully protective multi-unit railroad freight car for carrying motor vehicles on two or three levels with the lowest level being in a cargo well between a pair of deep side sills. A pair of vehicle-carrying decks are adjustable in height and are counterbalanced against each other during adjustment of their locations. A roof structure is light in weight and constructed of corrugated sheet metal with a self-supporting central portion. The ends of the car are equipped with three-panel folding doors, and a flexible diaphragm closes the space between articulated adjacent car units supported by a shared truck. A modular brake operating system is mounted on the car body.
Claims4
In a covered railroad freight car, a car body and roof structure comprising:
- (a) a pair of upright side walls;
- (b) a roof, including a laterally outwardly located panel having a lower margin resting atop and fastened to one of said side walls, a substantially horizontal central portion constructed of self-supporting corrugated sheet material, and a plurality of carlines spaced apart from one another longitudinally along said side walls and extending upward along respective portions of said laterally outwardly located panel and fastened to an interior side thereof, said central portion of said roof being free from said carlines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.