B - Operations – Transporting – 61 – D
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
61
D
105/121
B61D 7/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1235951
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A center sill-less type gondola railroad car is described as having an aluminum car body which, when in a horizontal position, includes an extra large load carrying compartment or container which, because of its size, is supported on a surrounding horizontal rectangular framework that consists essentially of a pair of transversely oriented shear plates at opposing ends of the car body, and a pair of parallel side sills which extend longitudinally between the shear plates and which are attached to the shear plates via a pair of special load transfer members, each of which members consists of two pairs of legs which extend radially from a common central juncture and which are designed to withstand the high stresses that peak at the spots where the members first contact the shear plates. The car body has a pair of oppositely disposed, upwardly curving sidewalls and a u-shaped, downwardly curving bottom portion which coact with a pair of stepped endwalls to form the container which has an open top in spaced vertical relation above a closed bottom. The bottom portion of the container is secured to downwardly extending legs of the two load transfer members in spaced relation below a pair of v-shaped crotches which are formed by the legs and in which the side sills are secured. The sidewalls are fastened to the side sills in spaced relation above the juncture of the legs of each of the load transfer members.
487334
Alcan International Limited
Smart & Biggar
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