WAGON FOR LOADING BULK MATERIAL

摘要

A box car for storing bulk material and useful for incorporation in a freight train preceding a ballast cleaning machine for transporting waste material coming from the machine, the box car comprising a frame defining a plane, a box open on top and mounted on the frame for storing the bulk material, and a conveyor band arrangement in a lower portion of the box and extending in the direction of elongation of the box car. The conveyor band arrangement has a width substantially equal to that of the lower box portion and comprises a first portion extending in the plane and an ascending portion extending in this direction from the first portion of the conveyor band arrangement beyond the frame, a drive for the conveyor band arrangement, and a bulkhead partition in the box, the bulkhead partition being displaceable in this direction for dividing the box into compartments. The bulkhead partition has a lower end defining a port with the first conveyor band arrangement portion.