摘要 |
A railway tank car including a longitudinally extending tubular body shell, first and second truck saddle structures respectively positioned adjacent to the outer ends of the body shell for supporting the same upon associated trucks each carrying draft connections, first and second elongated slabbing structures respectively positioned between the first and second truck saddle structures and the body shell, first and second reinforcing members respectively associated with the first and second slabbing structures, each of the reinforcing members including a plurality of parallel spaced-apart bars extending longitudinally of the body shell, the reinforcing members cooperating to provide at least one bar extending substantially the entire length of the body shell between the slabbing structures, the bars being suitably secured to the slabbing structures and to the body shell to distribute stress due to buff and draft forces to the body shell. |