Railcar floor assembly

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B - Operations, Transporting

61

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B61D 17/10 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2313834

A railcar capable of carrying freight in commercial rail transport comprising a novel floor support structure and a novel method of assembly. The railcar may comprise a center beam car or other freight car having a load bearing floor. The railcar body comprises a plurality of floor sheets, a plurality of floor supports, and a frame comprising a plurality of elongate structural members. Each of the elongate floor supports has its ends supported in upwardly-opening channel segments on the elongate structural members. The floor supports are preferably plug welded to the floor sheets. In the preferred embodiment, the floor supports are tubular stringers of square or other rectangular cross section. The floor sheets and stringers may be pre-assembled for drop-in installation, with the stringer ends being lowered into pockets formed by the channel segments. The channel segments constrain the floor supports against displacement out of position while they are welded in place.

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