Railroad car for transporting automobiles and passengers

Claim 1

A RAILROAD CAR FOR TRANSPORTING VEHICLE AND FACILITATING EFFICIENT LOADING AND UNLOADING THEREOF, SAID CAR COMPRISING A TWO-LEVEL CAR BODY HAVING A LOWER BED, AN ELEVATED HORIZONTAL DIVIDER WALL BETWEEN THE BED AND THE TOP OF THE CAR BODY AND VERTICAL SIDE WALLS CONNECTED WITH THE BED AND DIVIDER WALL, SAID SIDE WALLS EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF UPPER AND LOWER LEVEL LATERALLY ALIGNED PAIRS OF OPENINGS FORMED THERETHROUGH, A FIRST PLURALITY OF LOWER LEVEL INDEPENDENTLY HORIZONTALLY SWINGABLE U-SHAPED VEHICLE COMPARTMENTS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED UPON THE LOWER BED AND EACH HAVING A HORIZONTAL FLOOR AND UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS ADAPTED TO ENTER AND SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSE ONE PAIR OF LOWER LEVEL SIDE WALL OPENINGS WHEN THE LOWER LEVEL COMPARTMENTS ARE DISPOSED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE CAR, AND A SECOND PLURALITY OF UPPER LEVEL INDEPENDENTLY HORIZONTALLY SWINGABLE U-SHAPED VEHICLE COMPARTMENTS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED UPON SAID DIVIDER WALL AND EACH HAVING A HORIZONTAL FLOOR AND UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS ADAPTED TO ENTER AND SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSE ONE PAIR OF THE UPPER LEVEL SIDE WALL OPENINGS OF THE CAR BODY WHEN THE UPPER LEVEL COMPARTMENTS ARE DISPOSED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE CAR, SAID UPPER AND LOWER LEVEL COMPARTMENTS INDEPENDENTLY SWINGABLE TO DIAGONAL POSITIONS UPON THE CAR BODY TO ALLOW SELECTIVE LOADING AND UNLOADING OF THE COMPARTMENTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CAR BODY AT EITHER LEVEL THEREOF.