Patent ID: 9010253
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B60P,B61D,B61F,B61K

Abstract:
1. A combination including a bus having a frame having a front and rear, said front having a tight lock coupling, a driveway having a flush railway track therealong, a railway car on said track, said car having a rear swivel end with a coupling receptacle for said tight lock coupling to engage in to couple tightly and support the front of said bus on said swivel end of said railway car, said tight lock coupling comprising a shaft with a transverse slot and conical front mounted to be extendable out from the front of said bus and rotatable to engage in said coupling receptacle, a latch keeper in said coupling receptacle mounted to be lifted by said tight lock coupling upon entering said receptacle and dropped in said slot to couple, means to rotate said tight lock coupling to lift said latch from said slot to uncouple, said receptacle supporting the front end of said bus on said railway car when the front wheels of said bus are lifted.