Patent ID: 7004078

Claim:
A truck for a railroad car comprising: an H-shaped, when viewed in plan, truck frame including side frames extending substantially in parallel at both right and left sides of the truck for railroad car, and a transom connected to intermediate portions of the side frames, the intermediate portions being located substantially at a center in a longitudinal direction of a railroad car; an end beam extending in a lateral direction of the railroad car and connected to end portions of the right and left side frames of the truck frame, wherein the end beam includes right and left support brackets whose outer ends are connected to the right and left side frames, and a center bar connected to inner end portions of the right and left support brackets through a deformation absorbing means and having an instrument attachment portion the end beam being configured to support an instrument; and wherein the deformation absorbing means is included in the end beam and located at both sides of a portion of the end beam where the instrument is supported, for absorbing torsional force acting on the end beam.