Patent ID: 7334528

Claim:
An intermodal well car having: a pair of spaced-apart, longitudinally extending side beams having a well defined therebetween for accommodating intermodal shipping containers; a plurality of container support cross-members extending between the side beams and upon which shipping containers may be carried; and cross-tie members extending between the side beams at locations between the container support cross-members; one of said container support cross-members has a first end and a second end, said first end having attachment fittings for connection to the first side beam of the well car, said second end having attachment fittings for connection to the second side beam of the well car, said one of said container support cross-members having a hollow section, said hollow section being internally reinforced at said first and second ends thereof, and said one of said container support cross-members having an externally extending diagonal strut connection and internal web continuity at said strut connection; one of said cross-tie members being mounted adjacent to, and spaced from, said one of said container support cross-members, having a hollow section, and having an externally extending diagonal strut connection and internal web continuity at said diagonal strut connection; and a diagonal strut mounted between said diagonal strut connections of said one of said container support cross-members and said one of said cross-tie members respectively.