Aluminum vehicle carrier railcar
AssigneeJAC Patent Company
InventorsJames D. Hart, Mark L. Saylor, William A. Wiles
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Abstract
A bi-level aluminum vehicle carrier railcar (10) includes an integrated aluminum roofing structure (30), aluminum side panels (18, 20), and aluminum decking structure (36, 50) attached to a steel underframe. The decking structure (36, 50) is supported on side stakes (18) of the side panels (18, 20) with the decking structure (36, 50) including overlapping extruded aluminum decking plates with (38, 52) anti-skid features. The anti-skid features include a media blasted finish to a portion of the surface of the decking and extruded ribs (64) in a portion of the decking. The roofing structure (30) includes overlapping, arched corrugated aluminum panels (30), wherein the roof panels (30) remain uncoated.
Claims13
A vehicle carrier railcar comprising:
- a pair of opposed trucks;
- an underframe supported on the trucks, wherein the underframe includes a center sill extending between the trucks and the center sill is a one piece cold formed center sill;
- an aluminum upper structure supported on the underframe, the upper structure defining an enclosed cargo space and including an aluminum decking supporting vehicles within the cargo space, and wherein the upper structure further includes aluminum side sheets and corrugated aluminum roof decking surrounding the cargo space.
A vehicle carrier railcar comprising:
- a pair of opposed trucks;
- an underframe supported on the trucks;
- an aluminum upper structure supported on the underframe, the upper structure defining an enclosed cargo space and including an aluminum decking supporting vehicles within the cargo space, wherein the aluminum decking includes anti-slip features and wherein the anti-slip features of the aluminum decking include a media blasted finish to a surface of the aluminum decking.
A multi-level vehicle carrier railcar comprising:
- a pair of opposed trucks;
- an underframe supported on the trucks, the underframe including a center sill extending between the trucks;
- an aluminum upper structure supported on the underframe, the upper structure defining a substantially enclosed multi-level cargo space and including aluminum decking supporting vehicles within the cargo space and defining at least an upper level of the multi-level cargo space, and wherein the aluminum decking includes anti-slip features, the anti-slip features including a media blasted finish to a surface of the aluminum decking.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.