Patent ID: 8166892

Claim:
A rail road hopper car comprising: a hopper carried between a pair of trucks, said hopper having first and second upstanding sidewalls running lengthwise therealong; said hopper having a lower discharge and convergent slope sheets giving onto said discharge; said rail road car having a side sill and a top chord; said first upstanding sidewall extending from said side sill to said top chord; said first upstanding sidewall having a predominantly upwardly running sidewall stiffener mounted thereto, said sidewall stiffener being located at a longitudinal station intermediate the trucks; said first upstanding sidewall having a first region, said first region being a lower region thereof; said first upstanding sidewall having a second region, said second region being an upper region thereof; said sidewall stiffener having a first portion, said first portion being a lower portion thereof, said first portion being mounted to said first region of said first upstanding sidewall; said sidewall stiffener having a second portion, said second portion being an upper portion thereof, said second portion being mounted to said second region of said first upstanding sidewall; said first portion of said first upstanding sidewall stiffener being laterally outboard of said first region of said first upstanding sidewall; said second portion of said sidewall stiffener being laterally inboard of said second region of said first upstanding sidewall; said first sidewall having a continuous section between said first and second regions thereof; and said sidewall stiffener having web continuity between said first and second portions thereof.