| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6244191 |
Hopper rail car |
June 12, 2001 |
| A hopper car having smooth side walls being reinforced by a horizontal beam along a horizontal seam. The roof of the car has a plurality of extruded beams, including a pair of combining extrusion extending the length of a hatch opening. The coaming extrusions include tabs to which the ha |
| 6227123 |
Railroad car pick-up shoe |
May 8, 2001 |
| A wayside electrical pick-up shoe for operating the discharge, or the like, of a railcar includes a spring biased electrical contact pivotally attached to a base plate with a mechanism for electrically insulating the base plate from the electrical contact. The mechanism for electrically |
| 6148735 |
Light weight gondola car |
November 21, 2000 |
| A light weight gondola car having side walls constructed of a plurality of upper and lower sheets with a longitudinal stiffener being formed from lower portions of the upper and lower sheets. A bolster transition stake joins the side sheet, top chord, bolster web, and side sill for incre |
| 6119345 |
Method of cold forming center sill for a railcar |
September 19, 2000 |
| A center sill for a railroad car formed by cold rolling a flat sheet of steel into a rectangular configuration. One of the embodiments includes strengthening flanges and another includes ribs. The center sill may be formed of a single cold formed section or a pair of cold formed sections |
| 5934200 |
Lightweight hopper car |
August 10, 1999 |
| A lightweight hopper-type rail car provides for a smooth exterior surface so as to minimize aerodynamic drag thereon when the car is in motion. The railcar includes a cross ridge arrangement which greatly increases the fabrication efficiency of the car as well as providing a smooth inter |
| 5860366 |
Center sill construction for a hopper rail car |
January 19, 1999 |
| A hopper car having smooth side walls being reinforced by a horizontal beam along a horizontal seam. The roof of the car has a plurality of extruded beams, including a pair of coaming extrusions extending the length of a hatch opening. The coaming extrusions include tabs to which the hat |
| 5813353 |
Gondola railcar |
September 29, 1998 |
| A gondola car having a pair of longitudinally extending tubs disposed on opposite sides and forming a depressed, curvilinear floor. Center sill connection plates are attached to the top of the center sill and include vertically disposed flanges. A portion of the connection plates are for |
| 5727475 |
Side stake for rotary dump rail car |
March 17, 1998 |
| A rotary dump gondola rail car having side walls reinforced by vertical side posts. The side posts include a pair of vertical raised ribs projecting from the exterior face of the side walls for reducing wear between the side posts and a car dumper mechanism. |
| 5676266 |
Dual air line arrangement for rotary/bottom dump coal car |
October 14, 1997 |
| A rail car having dual air hose connections at each end at upper and lower positions. The dual air hose connection provides universal connectability between adjacent cars having a single connection hose having ends at either an upper or lower position. |
| 5458067 |
Two piece center sill shroud for railway cars |
October 17, 1995 |
| A metal shroud for protecting the center sill of a rail car from contamination from bulk material being carried having a pair of pieces longitudinally split and arranged to be affixed in overlapping relationship to the center sill. The pair of pieces of the shroud have a generally L- |
| 5390607 |
Non-metallic polymer longitudinal hood collar |
February 21, 1995 |
| A hood collar for connecting and sealing the end of a center sill hood on a sloped floor sheet of a hopper rail car. The hood is formed from a polymer material and has a slot for receiving the end of hood. The collar is formed with flanges that are attached by mechanical fasteners to the |
| 5367958 |
Two piece center sill shroud for railway cars |
November 29, 1994 |
| A metal shroud for protecting the center sill of a rail car from contamination from bulk material being carried having a pair of pieces longitudinally split and arranged to be affixed in overlapping relationship to the center sill. The pair of pieces of the shroud have a generally L- |
| 5335603 |
Top chord to inside connection for gondola car |
August 9, 1994 |
| A connection members for attaching the upper portion of an inside stake of a gondola car to the upper chord and to the side wall. A pair of connection members are employed on the upper portion of the inside stake and compliment its configuration. Bolt and nut assemblies affixed the c |
| 5253593 |
Tub/center sill attachment for gondola car |
October 19, 1993 |
| An attachment for attaching the ends of concave floor panels of a gondola car to the center sill by a plate extending through the vertical cover plate of the floor panels and being affixed to the floor panels and to the center sill. The plate includes a curved contour adjacent the concav |
| 5216958 |
Brake arrangement for a railroad gondola car with tie rod running inside center sill |
June 8, 1993 |
| A brake arrangement for a railroad car having a semi-closed box beam center sill and including a first aperture communicating with the interior of the center sill, a second aperture communicating with the interior of the center sill, a tie rod extending between the first and second apert |
