Loading car for bulk material

A loading car for bulk material for incorporation in a freight train of a plurality of successively arranged like loading cars, said loading car comprising:

• a frame extending in a longitudinal direction;
• a box open on top and mounted on the frame for storing bulk material;
• a first conveyor arrangement including an endless conveyor formed at a lower portion of the box and having opposite conveyor ends spaced from one another in the longitudinal direction, and a drive for operating the conveyor;
• and
• a second transfer conveyor arrangement projecting beyond the frame and angularly adjustable with respect to the first conveyor arrangement, said second conveyor arrangement including two separate transfer conveyors, with one of the two transfer conveyors cooperating with one of the conveyor ends and the other one of the two transfer conveyors cooperating with the other one of the conveyor ends,
• wherein the transfer conveyor arrangement includes two carriages slidably mounted to the frame and a drive means for displacement of the carriages in the longitudinal direction, each of the transfer conveyors having a conveyor end facing a center of the frame, with the conveyor end of one of the transfer conveyors being pivoted to one of the carriages and with the conveyor end of the other one of the transfer conveyors being pivoted to the other one of the carriages.