Patent ID: 6336411
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B61D

Abstract:
A roof assembly for a railroad boxcar having top side plates and generally centrally located side door openings on opposite sides of said boxcar, said roof assembly including:a plurality of roof panels each of generally rectangular shape having longitudinally located edges and laterally located edges, said roof panels positioned on said boxcar with said longitudinally located edges of said panels supported on said top side plates, said plurality of roof panels including a plurality of end panels, a plurality of intermediate panels and a plurality of door overlying panels, each of said end panels located at a longitudinal end of said boxcar and having a laterally located edge, said plurality of door overlying panels positioned over said centrally located said side doors of said boxcar, said intermediate panels positioned between said end panels and said door overlying panels, each of said intermediate panels is wider than each of said door overlying panels.