Patent ID: 7278359

Claim:
A railway car for transporting vehicles having a first pair of wheels spaced apart by a first dimension and a second pair of wheels spaced apart by a second dimension, the first dimension being greater than the second dimension, the railway car comprising: a support surface for supporting the vehicles; a pair of upstanding sidewalls along each side of the railway car; a roof extending between the sidewalls; one or more end doors for selectively enclosing an end of the railway car, the end doors being movable between a closed position in which the doors substantially enclose an end of the railway car, and an open position permitting access to the interior of the railway car; and a first inner chock track and a first outer chock track positioned on the support surface, the first inner chock track being aligned with one of the wheels of the first and second pairs of wheels and the first outer chock track being aligned with one of the wheels of the other of the first and second pairs of wheels when the vehicle is positioned on the support surface, the inner chock track and the outer chock track being positioned on a side of a longitudinal centerline of the support surface and capable of receiving chocks for chocking the aligned wheels.