Patent ID: 7424854

Claim:
A center beam rail road car comprising: a deck structure carried by rail car trucks, each of said cars having a truck center for location above a first of said trucks; a central beam assembly running lengthwise along said rail road car, said central beam assembly standing upwardly of said deck structure; a center sill supporting at least a portion of said deck structure, said center sill extending longitudinally above at least one of said trucks; said center sill having a top flange and a pair of spaced apart webs extending downwardly from said top flange; a bolster supporting at least a portion of said deck structure, said bolster extending laterally from said center sill abreast of said truck center; said central beam assembly having a post extending upwardly of said deck structure above at least one of said truck centers, said post having a first pair of flanges each lying in an upwardly extending longitudinally running plane, and a second pair of flanges each lying in an upwardly extending cross-wise plane; and said post being mounted to said center sill in a mounting arrangement having flange continuity of both said first pair of flanges and said second pair of flanges above and below the level of the center sill top flange.