Patent ID: 8757403

Claim:
A car equipment protection structure for a railcar, comprising: an underframe; an attached portion provided at a front-rear-direction end portion of the underframe; a coupler attached to the attached portion and configured to be able to be coupled to another railcar; a coupler guide member provided on a railcar inner side of the attached portion and including an inclined surface opposed to at least a part of the coupler; and railcar equipment provided on the railcar inner side of the coupler guide member, wherein the coupler and the coupler guide member are not connected to each other during the coupler being attached to the attached portion, and the coupler and the coupler guide member being configured such that, when the coupler is separated from the attached portion, the coupler guide member guides the coupler upward or downward by the inclined surface to cause the coupler to avoid the equipment.