Railcar end doors as bridge plates

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10328954
APP PUB NO 20180022364A1
SERIAL NO

15214174

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A railcar system that includes a first railcar comprising a first plurality of decks and a first plurality of end doors adjacent to a respective deck of the first plurality of decks. The railcar system further comprises a second railcar comprising a second plurality of decks and a second plurality of end doors adjacent to a respective deck of the second plurality of decks. Each of the first plurality of end doors and the second plurality of end doors is configurable between a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation. The railcar system is further configured such that when a first end door of the first plurality of end doors of the first railcar is in its horizontal orientation it aligns with a second end door of the second plurality of end doors of the second railcar when the second end door is in its horizontal orientation.

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TRINITY NORTH AMERICAN FREIGHT CAR INC2525 STEMMONS FREEWAY DALLAS TX 75207

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Huck, Kenneth W Fairview, US 59 111

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