Patent ID: 6050197
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: B61D,B61F

Abstract:
An intermodal vehicle for forming a train of highway trailers including leading and trailing highway trailers which are interconnected to each other and supported by the intermodal vehicle for travel upon railroad tracks, each of the highway trailers including a leading coupler socket assembly at one end and a trailing coupler socket assembly at the other end, each intermodal vehicle having two rail wheel assemblies, lower frames supported on the two rail wheel assemblies, upper support frame means for supporting leading and trailing highway trailers, the upper support frame means being supported on the lower frames, the upper support frame means including leading and trailing load carrying structures; characterized by the provision of a continuous coupler tongue mounted on the upper support frame means and extending above the leading and trailing load carrying structures, each end of the continuous coupler tongue capable of being received within coupler socket assemblies of associated highway trailers supported on associated load carrying structures to connect the associated trailer to the intermodal vehicle.