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

Claim 10:
11. A rail-transport consist for transporting a plurality of ribbon rails along a railway, the consist comprising:
a plurality of articulated rail-transport cars coupled end-to-end, each articulated rail-transport car including a plurality of longitudinally extending segments, each of the longitudinally extending segments pivotably coupled end-to-end to an adjacent longitudinally extending segment via a shared truck, each of the shared trucks having a common pivot assembly connected to and supporting adjacent respective ends of the adjacent longitudinally extending segments, the plurality of longitudinally extending segments including a first segment having a first free end extending beyond and supported by a first dedicated truck and including a first car coupler configured to couple to an adjacent car and a second segment having a second free end extending beyond and supported by a second dedicated truck and including a second car coupler, each articulated rail-transport car further including a plurality of rail stands asymmetrically disposed and spaced longitudinally apart along the plurality of segments and configured to support a ribbon rail disposed thereon, for each articulated rail-transport car a ratio of a number of rail stands to a total number of shared trucks plus dedicated trucks is equal to or greater than 1:1; and
a tie-down car disposed centrally within the rail-transport consist between adjacent ones of the rail-transport cars and configured to secure the ribbon rail against longitudinal movement along the rail-transport consist.