A RETRACTABLE GUIDE ASSEMBLY FOR CHANGING THE EFFEFTIVE WIDTH OF A RAILROAD FREITGHT CAR CONTAINER WELL

摘要

A retractable guide assembly for changing the effective width of a container well of a railroad freight car has a housing having a pair of spac ed apart walls. Each wall has an inverted U-shaped slot, and a guide slidably mounted between the walls for translational movement relative to the housing. The guide is slidable between a retracted position and an extended position in which a portion of the guide projects beyond the housing. The guide has a bar that extends through the slots of the walls. The guide travels along the bar in a camming relationship as the guide slides between the retracted position and extended position.