Patent ID: 6422156
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B61D

Abstract:
A railway box car body structure comprising a flooring structure, a side wall on both longitudinal sides of said flooring structure and extending above said flooring structure, an end frame at opposed transverse ends of said flooring structure between opposed ends of said side walls, a roof frame constituting an upper surface of said body structure, said side wall having a plurality of spaced-apart vertical side posts, said vertical side posts each having a hat-shaped cross-section having a bottom wall portion, opposed side walls and opposed end flanges extending in a common plane; horizontal structural stiffeners secured between said vertical side posts, said stiffeners defining a recessed wall portion aligned with a recessed formation formed in said opposed end flanges of said vertical side posts, and ferrous sheet members secured to said side wall and end frames by recessed connections formed in said recessed wall portions to form flush inner side and end walls of said railway box car.