Center sill gondola car

A gondola railway car comprising a car truck attached to each end of a continuous center sill, a pair of generally vertical end panels, a pair of generally vertical side panels joined to the end panels, a plurality of cross bearers extending from the center sill to a longitudinal chord at the bottom...

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Main Author HEAP; JAMES C
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.10.1983
Subjects
BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
RAILWAYS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A gondola railway car comprising a car truck attached to each end of a continuous center sill, a pair of generally vertical end panels, a pair of generally vertical side panels joined to the end panels, a plurality of cross bearers extending from the center sill to a longitudinal chord at the bottom of each side panel, a car bottom between the end and side panels having substantially flat portions over the trucks and a longitudinal trough portion between the trucks and the flat bottom portions, the trough portion having side edges joined to the side panel bottom edges and extending beneath the center sill, and an end wall at each end of the trough extending to the adjacent flat bottom portion.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19770818671