Patent ID: 6089165
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B61F

Abstract:
A railway vehicle truck assembly comprising at least two longitudinally spaced, transversely extending axles, wheels mounted to the axles, the wheels defining a truck wheelbase, transversely spaced longitudinally extending truck frames mounted to axleboxes, the axleboxes mounted to axle bearing assemblies which are mounted to the axles, a transversely extending bolster mounted between the truck frames, a lightweight longitudinally extending equalizer beam having tapered ends located below the axles and removably mounted below the axles to the axleboxes, each of said tapered ends including a notch that receives a support pin suspended below a respective one of said axleboxes, a pair of equalizer spring seats removably mounted to the equalizer beam, the equalizer spring seats include brake beam guides, a brake beam removably mounted to each of the brake beam guides, whereby the transversely spaced longitudinally extending equalizer beam does not obstruct the axle bearing assemblies from being scanned by hot box detectors.