Patent ID: 6398047
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B61F,B61G

Abstract:
A cast, sill-end assembly for a railcar,said railcar having a longitudinal axis, a coupler with a knuckle and a shank, a center sill with a first end and a second end, a body bolster, and at least one railcar truck assembly, said sill-end assembly comprising: a cast front sill, a cast back sill and a transition region between said front sill and said back sill; said cast front sill and cast back sill in contact through said transition region and aligned along said railcar longitudinal axis, and securing means connecting said cast front sill and said cast back sill to provide said sill-end assembly, said cast front sill having a second longitudinal axis, a forward end, a rearward end, a top wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall, said first and second side walls and said top wall cooperating to define an enclosure, said enclosure open at said forward end and said rearward end; supporting means mounted in said enclosure; said cast back sill having a third longitudinal axis, a center plate, an upper wall, a third side wall, a fourth side wall, a lower edge, a front end and a back end, said upper wall, third side wall and fourth side wall cooperating to define a chamber, a center plate mounted at said lower edge; said cast back-sill front end matable with said cast front-sill rearward end, and said cast back-sill back end matable with one of said center-sill first and second ends; said cast front-sill having a transition region, said front-sill top wall, first side wall and second side wall rearward of said supporting means being downwardly sloped from said second longitudinal axis to said rearward end to provide said transition region; said cast back-sill having a third longitudinal axis, said second and third longitudinal axes approximately parallel to said railcar longitudinal axis, said second longitudinal axis vertically displaced above said third longitudinal axis; said cast front-sill rearward end opening operable to receive said back-sill front end, said mated back-sill and front-sill joined by said securing means to provide said cast sill-end assembly for mating with said center-sill.