Improved Appliances for Enabling Railway Vehicles to be Trans- ferred to and Transported along a Railway the Gauge of which is Narrower than that of the said Vehicles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 5th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 5th Apr., 1887.
Improved Appliances for Enabling Railway Vehicles to be Trans-
ferred to and Transported along a Railway the Gauge of which
is Narrower than that of the said Vehicles.
We, CHARLES DOUGLAS RICHARD, Lord_SUDELEY of Toddington, Winchcomb in
the County of Gloucester, and CHARLES EDMUND WEBBER, Major General C.B. of
15 South Eaton Place London S. W. in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to enable loaded or unloaded railway vehicles to be
transferred to and transported upon a railway, the gauge of which is narrower than
that of the railway upon which the vehicles to be so transported are constructed to
run.
To accomplish the above object, special wagons are constructed, by preference
mounted on bogie trucks, to suit the narrower gauge railway, which wagons are
provided at their outer sides with rails set to the gauge of the vehicles to be
transported. These special wagons may be built of timber, iron, or steel or of any
combination of the above materials and may be made of any length to suit the lengths
of the vehicles they are to carry. They are mounted on two or more bogie trucks of
ordinary construction and with or without bearing springs. The buffer and draw
apparatus is preferably of the central and combined pattern. The coupling together
of the wagons is effected by a horizontal link and pin, by a vertical self acting hook
or by other suitable known means.
The sides of the special wagons may be constructed of metal plates to which are
attached angle bars carrying flat footed rails, the said rails being fixed to the same
gauge as that of the vehicles to be transported, and at such a height that the axles,
brake and other gear of the said vehicles can pass freely and without hinderance over
the tops of the special wagons.
A portion of these side, or carrying rails, at one corner, at each end of the special
wagon is hinged in such a manner that when the buffers of two wagons are in contact,
this hinged part can be turned outwards and made to fill up the gap between the

page_text: carrying rails of two waggons and so render the latter continuous from end to end of
the train of special wagons.
At convenient points for the receipt and despatch of the vehicles to be transported,
loading sidings are provided, one portion of the length of each of these sidings, being
laid with rails to the gauge of vehicles to be transported, and the other portion to
that of the narrower gauge railway upon which they are to be carried, the rails of
this last named portion being placed at such a level that when the special wagons are
standing upon them, the outer or carrying rails of these wagons shall be at the same
level as that of the rails of the siding of the same gauge.
The vehicles to be transported can there be run on to the special narrower
gauge wagons, and after being properly secured thereon, can be transported by the
narrower gauge railway to their destination.
The broader gauge vehicles are secured to the special narrower gauge wagons by
means of chains attached to a transverse shaft placed in the frame of the latter and
hooked over the axles of the former, the said chains being tightened by revolving
the transverse shaft, for which purpose a ratchet and pawl are provided at one end
of the transverse shaft, and a removable handle to fit on the ends of the shaft.
According to another arrangement for cases where the special loading siding
cannot conveniently be provided, we construct a transfer wagon with outer rails of
the same gauge as the carrying rails of the above described transportation wagon but
arranged at an inclination from the line of railway upon which the vehicle to be
transported stands, so that the vehicle is run up the inclined rails on to the
transportation wagons.
ABEL & IMRAY,
28, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.
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page_text: Improved Appliances for Enabling Railway Vehicles to be Trans-
ferred to and Transported along a Railway the Gauge of which
is Narrower than that of the said Vehicles.
We, CHARLES DOUGLAS RICHARD, Lord_SUDELEY, of Toddington, Winchcomb, in
the County of Gloucester, and CHARLES EDMUND WEBBER, Major General, C.B., of
15 South Eaton Place, London; S.W., in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of this invention is to enable loaded or unloaded railway vehicles to be
transferred to and transported upon a railway the gauge of which is narrower than
that of the railway upon which the vehicles to be so transported are constructed to
run.
To accomplish the above object, special wagons are constructed, by preference
mounted on bogie trucks, to suit the narrower gauge railway, which wagons are
provided at their outer sides with rails set to the gauge of the vehicles to be
transported.
These special wagons may be built of timber, iron or steel or of any combination of
the above materials and may be made of any length to suit the longth of the vehicles
they are to carry. They are mounted on two or more bogie trucks of ordinary
construction, and with or without bearing springs. The buffer and draw apparatus is
preferably of the central and combined pattern. The coupling together of the wagons
is effected by a horizontal link and pin, by a vertical self acting hook or by other
suitable known means.
The sides of the special wagons may be constructed of metal plates to which are
attached angle bars carrying flat footed rails, the said rails being fixed to the same
gauge as that of the vehicles to be transported and at such a height that the axles,
brake and other gear of the said vehicles can pass freely and without hindrance over
the tops of the special wagons.
A portion of these side or carrying rails at one corner at each end of the special
wagon is hinged in such a manner that, when the buffers of two wagons are in
contact, this hinged part can be turned outwards and made to fill up the gap between
the carrying rails of the two contiguous wagons, and to render the rails continuous
from end to end of the train of special wagons.
At convenient points for the receipt and dispatch of the vehicles to be transported,
loading sidings are provided, one portion of the length of each of these sidings being
laid with rails to the gauge of vehicles to be transported, and the other portion to that
of the narrower gauge railway upon which they are to be carried, the rails of this last
named portion being placed at such a level that when the special wagons are standing
upon them the outer or carrying rails of these wagons shall be at the same level as
that of the rails of the siding of the same gauge.
The vehicles to be transported can there be run on to the special narrower gauge
wagons, and, after being properly secured thereon, can be transported by the narrower
gauge railway to their destination.
The broader gauge vehicles are secured to the special narrower gauge wagons by
means of chains attached to a transverse shaft placed in the frame of the latter and

page_text: hooked over the axles of the former, the said chains being tightened by revolving the
transverse shaft which is provided with a removeable handle for turning it and a
ratchet and pawl for holding it.
According to another arrangement for cases where the special loading siding cannot
conveniently be provided, we construct a transfer wagon with outer rails of the same
gauge as the carrying rails of the above described transportation wagon, but arranged
at an inclination from the line of railway upon which the vehicle to be transported
stands so that the vehicle is run up the inclined rails on the transportation wagon.
In order that our said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect we will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings are respectively side and end
olevations partly in section of transfer wagons according to our invention for
transporting railway vehicles on lines of gauge narrower than that for which these
vehicles are suited.
Figure 3 is a plan with part of the upper framing of the wagon removed to shew
the bogie truck below. Figures 4, 5 and 6 represent to a smaller scale respectively a
side elevation, a transverse section and a plan shewing the mode of transferring the
railway vehicles to or from the transfer wagons when the main rails can be made with
a slope for that purpose.
Figures 7 and 8 are respectively a side and an end view of a transfer wagon having
the necessary slope of rails formed upon it.
The railway vehicles A indicated by dotted lines in Figures 1, 2 and 4 rest by their
wheels on rails B fixed to the sides of the transfer wagons C which are mounted on
bogie trucks D having wheels suited to the narrower gauge. Each of the vehicles A
when it is lodged on one of the wagons C, is hold in position by chains E which
have hooks engaging the axles and are tightened up by winding them on barrels
which are mounted on the wagons C and are providod with ratchets and pawls F. For
the purpose of transferring the vehicles A to or from the wagons C, the railway is
made with a slope G leading up to the level of the rails B on the wagons C. For
situations where this arrangement is inconvenient a special transfer wagon C³,
Figures 7 and 8, is provided, having sloping rails B¹ along which a vehicle can be
run from the main railway to the rails B, on the other transfer wagons C. In the
operation of running the vehicles A on to the transfer wagons Cor off from them,
these wagons are brought close up together and a portion H of the rail B of
each is turned outwards to meet the rail of the next wagon so as to render the
lines of rails B continuous throughout the train of wagons. After the vehicles arc
run on, the portions H are turned in again so as to allow the wagons to
accommodate themselves to curves and inequalities of the narrow gauge line on
which they run.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim, in
respect of appliances for enabling railway vohicles to be transferred to and transported
along rails of narrow gauge, is :-
The construction and use of transfer wagons suited to the narrower gauge and
having fixed at their side rails suited to the wider gauge on which rest the wheels of
the transferred vehicles substantially as herein described.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.