Patent ID: 6962114

Claim:
A freight-carrying railroad car, having a body having a pair of opposite sides, a length, a pair of opposite ends each supported on a wheeled truck, said body comprising: (a) a center sill extending longitudinally along said body; (b) a center beam extending along said center sill, the center beam including said center sill, a top chord parallel to and spaced upwardly above and apart from said center sill, and a plurality of upright members each attached to and extending between said center sill and said top chord; (c) a plurality of crossbearers, each attached to and extending transversely beneath said center sill, and a floor supported atop said crossbearers on each of said opposite sides of said car body; and (d) wherein an intermediate portion of said center sill located between said opposite ends of said body includes a pair of upright side plates spaced laterally apart from each other and a horizontal bottom plate interconnecting said side plates with each other and extending laterally outward beyond both of said side plates, and said floor including a floor sheet extending outboard laterally beyond said bottom plate.