Patent ID: 6352400
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: B61D,B65G

Abstract:
A movable ramp operable to permit wheeled vehicles to be end-loaded onto a deck of a rail road car, said ramp comprising:a trackway assembly along which vehicles can be conducted; a set of wheels to which said trackway assembly is mounted, said wheels facilitating positioning of said trackway assembly relative to the rail road car; said trackway assembly having a first end locatable next to an end of the rail road car, and a second end locatable away from the rail road car next to a base surface that is lower than the deck of the rail road car; and at least one guide extending proud of said first end of said trackway assembly, said guide being operable to locate said first end of said ramp relative to the deck; whereby, when said first end is located next to the end of the rail road car, and said second end is located next to the base surface, wheeled vehicles can be conducted between the rail road car deck and the base surface along said trackway assembly.