CROSS MEMBER WITH CONTAINER STOP

摘要

A well car for carrying shipping containers has a pair of end structure s supported by rail car trucks, a pair of first and second spaced apart side beams extending between the end structures and a well defined therebetween. A container support cross member is mounted between the side sills in a position to support an end of a shipping container load carried within the well. The container support cross member includes a monolithic beam member with a attachment fitting formed at an end thereof. The attachment fitting is connected to a side sill at a moment connection. The remaining end of the cross member is similarly configured and connected to the second side sill. Each end of the cross member has load bearing surface portions which may be used for supporting a corner of a shipping container. The momen t connections permit a bending moment to be carried by the cross member betwee n the first and second side sills. A retractable container stop is mounted to each end of the central container support cross member.