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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6736072 | Sliding railcar door A sliding door is provided for a rail car of the type having a floor, a side wall along one side of the floor and standing upwardly from the floor and an opening in the side wall. The sliding door is mounted on top and bottom rails at the opening extending parallel ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6220178 | Freight cars, especially for transporting dry bulk material The freight car has an undercarriage and a running carriage connected to the undercarriage. A container is connected to the undercarriage. The container has side walls, positioned in the longitudinal direction of the freight car, and closed end walls exte... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5488911 | Compactable self-ejecting refuse car A structurally reinforced railroad car is provided which interfaces with the output of a typical refuse compactor and is capable of being thus forcibly filled with compacted refuse which efficiently fills and conforms to the interior, making maximum volum... | 02/06/1996 |
| 4587907 | Railroad tie transport car This invention relates to a railroad car for use in transporting railroad ties. A flat bed is provided with siderails which extend upwardly along each side of the bed. Each of the siderails comprises vertically extending posts and horizontally extending r... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4493266 | Railway hopper car and center sill construction therefor A railway hopper car has a through center sill including an elongated central section substantially A-shaped in transverse cross section, two end sections substantially hat-shaped in transverse cross section and two transition sections respectively connec... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4289078 | Tilting dumping bottom section railway car In accordance with the present invention an open top railway car is provided in which the car body is divided longitudinally into at least two body sections having opposite ends which are pivotally mounted on vertically extending supports attached to a ca... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4047256 | Bridge construction method A bridge construction method comprising removing the trucks and wheels from a flatbed type railroad car to provide a bridge substructure, preparing support means upstanding from an area to be bridged for emplacement of the substructure, and emplacing the ... | 09/13/1977 |
