Patent ID: 8834082
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B60P,B61D

Abstract:
1. A system for transporting an airfoil, having a root end, a midsection, and a tip end, over a railroad utilizing a first railcar coupled to a second railcar, the system comprising: a root bracket disposed to support the root end of the airfoil on the first railcar, and oriented to align the tip end of the airfoil toward the second railcar; a blade support disposed to support the airfoil along the midsection with the tip end extending over the second railcar; a weight coupled to an urging member disposed on the second railcar that is oriented to engage the airfoil between said blade support and the tip end of the airfoil, and wherein the force of gravity acting on said weight is communicated to said urging member so as to induce lateral forces against the airfoil.