The U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School (USADACS), Transportation Engineering Division (SMCAC-DET), developed loading and bracing procedures for shipping Multiple Launch Rocket System (NMRS) pods on center beam bulkhead flatcars and bulkhead flatcars at the suggestion of CSX Transportation. U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School, Validation Engineering Division (SMCAC-DEV), was tasked by USADACS, SMCAC-DET, to conduct rail impact testing of the loading and bracing procedures. Testing of the procedures was conducted in accordance with the Association of American Railroads (AAR)Bureau of Explosives (BOE) rail impact test criteria. The loading and bracing procedures met the AAR/BOE requirements and have been approved for U.S. Army (USA)-wide use for shipping MLRS pods.
Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Pods on a Center Beam Bulkhead Flatcar and a Bulkhead Flatcar
1990
56 pages
Report
No indication
English
FULL-RIVETING MODULAR CENTER BEAM STRUCTURE, FLATCAR UNDERFRAME AND RAILWAY FLATCAR
European Patent Office | 2021
|Middle beam of railway low-floor flatcar and flatcar body
European Patent Office | 2024
|