Patent ID: 6322301
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B61D

Abstract:
A rail car transporting system, comprising:a structure to be transported by rail car, said structure having a bottom side with at least two spaced apart recesses defined therein;at least one pair of portable retaining devices configured to retain said structure on a rail car at opposite sides thereof;each of said retaining devices further comprising a base member positionable under said structure bottom side proximate to a longitudinal side of a rail car, and a boss member vertically extending from said base member, said boss member having a shape and size so as to fit into one of said recesses in said structure bottom side; andeach of said retaining devices also comprising at least one securing device configured to overhang the longitudinal side of the rail car and secure said retaining device to a longitudinally extending side member of the rail car such that said structure is retained on the rail car by engagement of said boss members within said recesses.