Prototype 100-ton building products car with adjustable bulkheads has underframe with 20-in. travel, deck with convertible sections to form load-bearing members, and chain tie-downs which are adjustable lengthwise and across car; 10 1/2-ft high bulkheads are equipped with multiple sets of 1-in. locking pins which, along with operating handle, are under constant spring tension; car has length of 72 ft 8 in.; truck center distance is 50 ft; distance between bulkheads varies from 58 ft 6 in. maximum to 38 ft 6 in. minimum; car has overall width of 10 ft 2 1/2 in. and deck width between stake pockets of 9 ft 1/2 in.; deck height above rail is 3 ft, 8 13/16 in.;weight of car is 86,240 lb.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Movable bulkheads on Evans car


    Additional title:

    Ry Locomotives Cars


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1967


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Movable bulkheads for motor vehicles

    JAMES NEUGEBAUER / TORSTEN GERHARDT / PETE WALLACE et al. | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    Movable bulkheads for motor vehicles

    JAMES NEUGEBAUER / TORSTEN GERHARDT / PETE WALLACE et al. | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    MOVABLE BULKHEADS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

    NEUGEBAUER JAMES / GERHARDT TORSTEN / WALLACE PETE et al. | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    Movable bulkheads for a motor vehicle

    JAMES NEUGEBAUER / IAN SUTHERLAND WRIGHT / TORSTEN GERHARDT | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    Bulkheads in airships

    WOODWARD, D. | AIAA | 1981