Patent ID: 6390745
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B61D

Abstract:
A railway boxcar for transporting packaged products having generally uniform first and second perimeter dimensions of approximately forty inches and approximately forty-eight inches, respectively, the boxcar comprising:a car body having an interior compartment defined in part by a floor and a plurality of sidewalls; the floor having a width generally corresponding to a first multiple of the first perimeter dimension; the floor having a length generally corresponding to the sum of a second multiple of the first perimeter dimension and a third multiple of the second perimeter dimension; and wherein the first, second, and third multiples are preselected such that a predetermined number of packaged products may be transported within the interior compartment with minimal spacings between adjacent packaged products and the sidewalls to prevent shifting of the packaged products during transit and allow for maneuvering of the packaged products during loading and unloading.