Patent ID: 6363864
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B61D

Abstract:
A railroad car for carrying steel coils in regular commercial use, including a car body having outer sides and defining an elongated trough extending along a longitudinal axis of the car body for receiving the steel coils, the improvement comprising:said car body having opposed ends with wheel trucks adjacent each end and said outer sides extending between the ends; a draft sill adjacent each end, located below the trough; a pair of spaced-apart substantially continuous box beam intermediate sills extending substantially the entire length of the car body, said intermediate sills located between the trough and said outer sides; a plurality of spaced-apart cross bearer members disposed along the longitudinal axis, having first portions between said intermediate sills and second portions extending above said intermediate sills and outwardly from the first portions, beyond said outer sides; a body bolster adjacent each end of the car body, joining the intermediate sills and the draft sills; and the intermediate sills and said cross bearer members cooperating to form a discontinuous support for supporting the steel coils and to define said trough with said cross bearer members including a central body portion disposed between the intermediate sills and cantilever wing arms extending from the central body portion, upwardly and outwardly beyond the intermediate sills to support the car sides.