A cargo loader (figure 1a, 99) slung in an opening defined by a door 50 of a train carriage 100, the cargo loader comprising a platform 10 supported on a moveable strut 9 mounted below a solebar of the carriage, the platform when stowed lying within the carriage and flush with a portion of the carriage floor, such that when the moveable strut articulates the platform is displaced by an actuator 62 to a further position, and a lift is operable to lower and raise the platform between stowed and deployed positions. The carriage may have a modified bulkhead 1 with a cutaway portion defining the opening in which the platform is stowed. The actuator may be a hydraulic actuator and may include a linear rail mounted to a carriage bulkhead. The cargo loader may form part of a rake of carriages and may form part of a freight system for loading and unloading freight.


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    Title :

    A cargo loading device


    Publication date :

    2021-09-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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