Patent ID: 7434519
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: B61D,B61F

Abstract:
1. A rail road gondola car comprising: a gondola car body carried by railroad car trucks for rolling motion along rail road tracks; said gondola car body having a longitudinal centerline; said gondola car body having a floor and a wall structure standing upwardly of said floor, said floor and said wall structure defining a lading receptacle; said floor including at least one floor panel; said gondola car body including a pair of lengthwise running side beams, said side beams defining portions of said wall structure; said side beams each having an upper margin, and a longitudinally running shear web member extending predominantly downwardly of said upper margin and said shear web member has a lower margin terminating at said at least one floor panel; and said at least one floor panel and said lower margin of said shear web member being directly mated together.