Patent ID: 8529174
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: B60P,B61D

Abstract:
1. A system for transporting tower sections having various circumferences, including a first tower section having a smaller circumference than a second tower section having a larger circumference, wherein each tower section has a first end and an elongated portion, on a railcar having a deck for carrying a load, the system comprising: a locating assembly, including a key assembly and a foot-stop assembly, said key assembly adapted to be rigidly fixed to the railcar deck and disengageably coupled to said foot-stop assembly, said foot-stop assembly adapted to be fixed to the first tower adjacent to the first end, said locating assembly configured to locate the first tower above the deck of the railcar; a first saddle assembly having a base configured to rest upon the deck of the railcar at a second location along the elongated portion of the first tower section, and a saddle that conforms to the shape of the larger circumference of the second tower section, and a spacer assembly, for disposition between said saddle of said first saddle assembly and the first tower section, and having a saddle rest that conforms to the shaped of said saddle, and a spacer saddle that conforms to the shape of the smaller circumference of the first tower section at said second location.