Patent ID: 7650844

Claim:
A railway wagon comprising a load carrier and front and rear bogies, the load carrier being releasably connected to the respective bogies, and laterally displaceable in relation to the respective bogies, the load carrier having a front and a rear end and being at each end provided with a supporting device, which supports the load carrier in a position where it is displaced in relation to the bogie, each supporting device comprising an abutment device which is vertically operable between a pulled-up position and an extended position, in which the abutment device abuts against a base, wherein the railway wagon further comprises, at each end of the load carrier, a displacing driving device for displacing the load carrier relative to the bogie, at least along an initial displacement distance, and a tilt-preventing device, which is adapted to counteract, at least during part of the displacement, tilting tendencies of the load carrier, and each abutment device comprises a sliding member, which is adapted to abut against the base in the extended position, wherein each abutment device further comprises a supporting wheel, a portion of the supporting wheel at least in the extended position extending below an underside of the sliding member.