SUPPORT DEVICE FOR FLEXIBLE HOSE CONNECTOR OF RAILWAY TANK CARS

摘要

A railway train includes a plurality of interconnected tank cars, each car comprising a tank provided with two lading conduits in the top thereof extending thereinto for communication with the interior thereof and each having an outer end extending above the tank, and toward the adjacent end thereof, the lading conduits of adjacent cars being interconnected by flexible connecting conduits. A crane is pivotally mounted on the top of one of the lading conduits on each car for maintaining the associated flexible connecting conduit at an elevation higher than that of the associated conduit coupling means to cause drainage of all the lading from the flexible conduit into the associated tanks.