Patent ID: 6510800
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B61D,B61F

Abstract:
A multi-unit railroad freight car, comprising:(a) at least two container well units, each defining a container well and each including a pair of body bolsters; (b) a plurality of trucks, a respective one of said trucks supporting each said body bolster of each of said container well units; (c) an intermediate unit located between two of said container well units, said intermediate unit having a pair of opposite ends, each of said opposite ends of said intermediate unit being coupled to a respective one of said container well units and being carried on a respective shared one of said trucks together with one of said body bolsters of said respective one of said container well units; and (d) a container support structure included in said intermediate unit, a portion of said container support structure extending above and being spaced upwardly apart from one of said body bolsters of one of said container well units.