VEHICLE CARRYING RAIL ROAD CAR STRUCTURE

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 ca r 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>