Patent ID: 8708625
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: B60P,B61D

Abstract:
1. A system for transporting an airfoil, having a root end, a midsection, and a tip end, over a railroad utilizing a first railcar coupled to a second railcar, the system comprising: a root bracket disposed to support the root end of the airfoil on the first railcar, and oriented to align the tip end of the airfoil toward the second railcar; a blade support fixed to said second railcar and disposed to support the airfoil along the midsection; a weight hung from a tension member on the second railcar such that the force of gravity induces tension forces along said tension member; an urging member disposed on the second railcar and oriented to engage the airfoil between said blade support and the tip end of the airfoil, said urging member coupled to said tension member such that said tension forces are transferred to said urging member to induce lateral forces against the airfoil.