Railway car

Claim 1

AN AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTING RAILROAD CAR COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION; A RAILROAD CAR BODY HAVING TWO VERTICALLY SEPARATED FLOORS AND CONSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE OPENINGS ON ONE SIDE THEREOF FOR THE LOADING AND UNLOADING OF AUTOMOBILES ONTO AND OFF OF ONE FLOOR OF SAID RAILROAD CAR AND TO PROVIDE OPENINGS OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF FOR THE LOADING AND UNLOADING OF AUTOMOBILES ONTO AND OFF OF THE SECOND FLOOR OF SAID RAILROAD CAR; A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL AUTOMOBILE LOADING AND UNLOADING PLATFORMS DISPOSED ON EACH OF SAID FLOORS OF SAID RAILROAD CAR BODY, SAID PLATFORMS HAVING ASSOCIATED MEANS TO RENDER EACH OF THEM MOVABLE FROM POSITIONS WITHIN SAID RAILROAD CAR BODY TO POSITIONS PROJECTING LATERALLY THEREOF THROUGH SAID SIDE OPENINGS SO THAT THE FARTHEST PROJECTED END OF EACH PLATFORM LIES FREE OF THE CLOSE END OF ITS ADJACENT PLATFORM THEREBY ENABLING A PLURALITY OF AUTOMOBILES TO BE LOADED OR UNLOADED SIMULTANEOUSLY ONTO OR FROM A PLURALITY OF SAID PLATFORMS AND MEANS CARRIED BY EACH PLATFORM AND OPERABLE TO ENGAGE THE ROAD WHEELS OF AN AUTOMOBILE THEREON TO SECURE THE SAME TO THE ASSOCIATED PLATFORM, SAID LAST-MENTIONED MEANS BEING SELF OPERABLE UPON MOVEMENT OF ITS PLATFORM FROM THE LATERAL PROJECTING POSITION TO THE POSITION WITHIN SAID RAILROAD CAR BODY TO ENGAGE THE ROAD WHEELS OF AN AUTOMOBILE ON THE PLATFORM.