Articulated rail-transport car

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11858541
APP PUB NO 20200298893A1
SERIAL NO

16811395

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An articulated rail-transport car for transporting long sections of ribbon rail is described. The car includes a plurality of segments arranged end-to-end and coupled and supported at their adjacent ends by shared trucks. Dedicated trucks are provided near each terminal end of the car and couplers configured to couple to an adjacent rail car are provided at the respective terminal ends. Rail stands are disposed along the length of the car with a spacing that is independent of the locations of the shared and dedicated trucks and that provides a greater number of rail stands than trucks. The segments may be configured to enable interchangeability and to allow any number of the segments to be included in the car. A plurality of the cars can be coupled to enable transport of ribbon rails of any length.

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HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES INC700 S RIVERSIDE ROAD ST JOSEPH MO 64507

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Combs, Matt Agency, US 1 0
Herzog, Jacob D St. Joseph, US 7 10
Shirk, Tony Clarksdale, US 10 69

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