Multi-purpose railroad car
Abstract
Abstract A RAILROAD FLAT CAR READILY INTERCHANGEABLE FOR CONTAINER AND TRAILER-ON-FLAT-CAR OPERATIONS IS PROVIDED WITH A CONTAINER BRACKET ARRANGEMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF SLOTS IN THE DECK OF THE CAR WHICH PERMITS CONTAINER BRACKETS TO BE LONGITUDINALLY ADJUSTED TO VARIOUS POSITIONS ON THE DECK FOR ACCOMMODATING DIFFERENT LENGTH CONTAINERS. APERTURES ARE PROVIDED WHICH EXTEND TRANSVERSELY OF THE SLOTS AND IN WHICH THE CONTAINER BRACKEST ARE STORED WHEN THE CAR IS UTILIZED FOR TRAILER OPERATION. THE CONTAINER BRACKETS ARE PROVIDED WITH ENGAGING ELEMENTS WHICH ARE ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED WITH SLIDE BLOCKS FOR PERMITTING ADJUSTMENT OF THE BRACKETS LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN THE SLOPS, THE ENGAGING ELEMENT ON THE CONTAINER BRACKET BEING DISENGAGEABLE FROM THE SLIDE BLOCKS SO THAT THE CONTAINER BRACKET MAY BE RECESSED WITHIN AN ADJACENT APERTURE IN A RETRACTED POSITION.
Inventors
- 👤 Harold E Gramse
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