RAIL ROAD CAR LOADING APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The car has deck access fittings mounted between the trucks near a collapsible hitch to provide acce ss to the highway trailer landing gear crank, and flush mounted internal bridge plates The rail road car has side sills having flared ends to act as a guide for the highway trailers as they are backed up. The hitch is trimmed to a relatively narrow width to lessen t he likelihood of fouling the tyres of the highway trailer bogies The car has intermediate bridge plates having a flush mounted portion to facilitate hostler truck operation The car includes dual use cross-beams suitable for supporting the deck, acting as jacking bea ms to permit the car to be lifted, and as container pedestal support beams, if required.< /SDOAB>