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Claim 1

THE COMBINATION WITH A RAILWAY CAR HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY ELONGATED AND LATERALLY EXTENDING HORIZONTAL BED PORTION OF (A) A SUPERSTRUCTURE PORTION DISPOSED VERTICALLY ABOVE SAID BED PORTION AND SUPPORTED THEREBY, (B) SAID SUPERSTRUCTURE PORTION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED SECTIONS EACH OF WHICH INCLUDE (1) A FIRST AND SECOND PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED VERTICALLY EXTENDING SIDE POSTS WITH SAID FIRST PAIR OF SIDE POSTS BEING LATERALLY SPACED FROM SAID SECOND PAIR OF SIDE POSTS, AND (2) A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY AND LATERALLY EXTENDING BRACE MEANS RIGIDILY INTERCONNECTING SAID SIDE POSTS AND MAINTAINING THE SAME IN A VERTICAL POSITION WITH AT LEAST SOME OF SAID BRACE MEANS INCLUDING LOAD SUPPORTING HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED DECK MEANS. (C) MEANS CARRIED BY ONE OF SAID PORTIONS AND ENGAGING THE OTHER OF SAID PORTIONS AND MOUNTING SAID SUPERSTRUCTURE PORTION ON SAID BED PORTION FOR RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT, (D) SHOCK ABSORBING MEANS CARRIED BY DECK PORTION AND CONNECTED TO SAID SUPERSTRUCTURE PORTION AND BEING OPERATIVE TO RESIST REALTIVE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS, AND (E) RESILIENT MEANS RESILIENTLY CONNECTING ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID ALIGNED SECTION FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT IN ALL DIRECTIONS WHEREBY SAID SECTIONS ARE ADAPTED FOR LIMITED RESILIENT RELATIVE MOVEMENT WHILE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE PORTION RELATIVE TO SAID BED PORTION IS RESISTED BY SAID SHOCK ABSORBING MEANS.