Dropped deck center beam rail road car with shallow center sill

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B - Operations, Transporting

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B61D 17/00 (2006.01) B61D 3/16 (2006.01) B61D 17/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2428380

A center beam rail road car has a center sill that runs along the car from end to end. The center sill is dog-legged, having end portions mounted over rail car trucks, and a downwardly stepped central portion between the trucks. A central beam assembly stands upwardly of the center sill. A lading supporting deck structure extends laterally to either side of the center sill. The deck structure has a depressed medial portion between the trucks, and raised end portions over the trucks. The deck portions have lading bearing interfaces. The medial portion of the center sill has a top flange that is carried at a height that lies flush with, or below, the level of the lading bearing interface of the medial portion of the center sill. In one embodiment, a column member for carrying buff and draft loads is spaced upwardly from the medial portion of the center sill. The car may be constructed in a version having a top truss, or having a top chord member that lies within the profile of vertical posts of the central beam assembly. In embodiments having a narrow top chord, the car may be provided with a top chord cover.

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