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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900562 | Split rail trolley system An apparatus for removing a wheelset from a railroad vehicle includes a frame configured for motion with respect to the railroad vehicle. The apparatus also includes a lifting yoke cooperatively associated with the frame. The yoke is configured to engage flanges of ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7444943 | Model train engine hoisting mechanism The hoisting mechanism known as the Engine Jack is an apparatus that may be positioned between the rails of a section of model train track such that it provides support for a model train engine while maintaining electrical contact with the rails. The Engine Jack ena... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7267057 | Enclosed railcar jack assembly The disclosed jack assembly is used to lift the frame of a railcar above a wheeled truck assembly in order to replace or perform maintenance upon the wheeled truck assembly. The jack assembly comprises a pair of hydraulically-powered lifting mechanisms located at op... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7121936 | Grinding wheel replacement fixture An apparatus to facilitate the replacement of a grinding wheel secured to a mounting plate. The apparatus includes a frame having two spaced-apart uprights. An elongated support bar extends between and is pivotally mounted to the uprights while a mounting plate of a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118077 | Platform and system for mass storage and transfer in space A platform for storage and transfer of payloads in space includes a plate for supporting a payload, and a transfer mechanism for transferring the payload to and from the plate. A groove extends diametrically between two edges of the plate for receiving a rail provid... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6675719 | Railroad car wheel handler and method A railroad car wheel changer assembly (10), adapted to be mounted on a gantry crane (12), is provided. The railroad car wheel changer assembly (10) includes a base assembly (60), a beam member (62) and a grappler assembly (64). The base assembly (60) is a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6230631 | Rolling monoaxle provided with movable independent wheels for articulated railway carriages intended to the transportation of cars Single-axle running gear with movable independent wheels for articulated car transporter wagons. The running gear comprises a carrying frame (1), suspension springs (2) with vertical dampers (AV) mounted inside them, sliding shoes for supporting the runni... | 05/15/2001 |
| 5746135 | Self-steering railway truck A railway truck includes a frame having a pair of side frames and laterally extending transoms therebetween. A plurality of journal boxes are resiliently suspended from the side frames and support a pair of longitudinally spaced apart end axles extending ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5370058 | Low rise drop yoke system A train or a significant portion thereof comprising coupled freight or passenger cars or a close coupled multi-car "pack" of cars, including one or more with defective running gear are diverted to a service track, having a first work station incorporating... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5167190 | Mobile engine-carrier convertible between road and rail use with folding swan-neck and ramps for attaching to railway bogies In a road-transportable trailer having a connecting arm (11) of a "swan neck" type, and including an oblique arm (15), followed by a branch (17), a forward extremity of the former including a lower support rack (16), and a retractable telescopic support a... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5165840 | Clamp attachment for a lift truck A clamp attachment for use with a lift truck for handling rail car bogies. The clamp attachment includes an upper frame that is attached to the carriage of the lift truck for upward and downward movement therewith. A lower frame is movably suspended from ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 4397243 | Convertible highway railroad vehicle A highway trailer has an underframe of side walking beams, to which it is pivotally connected on a horizontal transverse axis. These walking beams can be mounted on, preferably with a nesting fit, the main longitudinal side frame members of a railroad tru... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4295427 | Car repair apparatus A car repair station is disclosed having sequential way stations along a continuous track for the assemblyline repair of railroad cars, preferably of the Hopper type. The car passes into and under paired gantries at a second way station. These paired gant... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4149468 | Bogie positioning device for tractor-trailer units A bogie slide for re-positioning the rear wheels of a tractor trailer unit includes a carriage movably mounted on tracks for movement between stops. The trailer is backed onto the carriage, i.e. the rear wheels of the trailer are positioned on the carriag... | 04/17/1979 |
| 3991889 | Railway transportating system and apparatus therefor A railway transportation system for express delivery of cargo anywhere in the system employs standard unit trains operating throughout the system, with the individual cars in the train carrying freight in containerized units which are automatically loaded... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3974780 | Changeable gauge railing truck Railway truck having side frames at a fixed lateral spacing with each side frame axle bearing support located between two track width locations to be accommodated, the side frames having universal-movement retaining mountings for replaceable rigid wheel-a... | 08/17/1976 |
