Patent ID: 11858541
Assignee: HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. An articulated rail-transport car for transporting a plurality of ribbon rails along a railway, the car comprising:
a first end-segment that includes a first dedicated truck supporting a first end of the first end-segment, the first end including a first coupler configured to couple to an adjacent rail car, an opposite second end of the first end-segment including a first configuration of shared-truck-adaptor;
a second end-segment that includes a second dedicated truck supporting a first end of the second end-segment, the first end including a second coupler configured to couple to an adjacent rail car, an opposite second end of the second end-segment including the first configuration of shared-truck adaptor;
a central segment that includes a second configuration of shared-truck adaptor at each end thereof;
one or more intermediate segments that include the first configuration of shared-truck adaptor at one end and the second configuration of shared-truck adaptor at the opposite end;
a plurality of shared trucks disposed beneath junctions between adjacent ones of the first end-segment, the second end-segment, the central segment, and the one or more intermediate segments, the shared trucks supporting adjacent respective ends of the segments and enabling pivoting of the segments relative to one another;
a number of rail stands configured to support a plurality of ribbon rails disposed thereon, the rail stands being spaced apart along a longitudinal length of the rail-transport car and spaced longitudinally apart from each of the shared trucks, a ratio of the number of rail stands to a total number of the shared trucks and the dedicated trucks being equal to or greater than 1:1.