Railway vehicle

摘要

The trough-shaped body (22) comprises a floor (22), on which are sidewalls (34) consisting of uprights (30) and top and bottom lengthwise beams (28, 26) forming a latticework structure. The top beams are supported by connecting beams forming sidewalls, windows and doorways (16, 18). The uprights are in a zigzag pattern and are secured by stiff joints to the beams. The mouldings (40) and bars (50) forming the body are glued together, and after the glue has set the cladding and windows are installed using the thick-layer (sic) gluing method. The mouldings can form nodal points with the bars fitted to them, the gaps (52) between their mating faces being filled with glue. The mouldings can be cast or forged, and of aluminium alloy. The floor can be of corrugated sheet-metal with transverse beams transmitting the load to the sidewalls and bottom beams.