Jac Patent Company

Alan B C Dixon

Joel C Haas

Daryl H Michaelian

Ronnie Alexander Shand

Michael D Howell

William J Spicer

Martin E Pettet

Jose M Cintron

Joe F Englehart

Bill W Pankey

An aluminum vehicle carrier railcar has an end door system attached to at least one end of an upper structure thereof including an end door pair, each pivoting about a vertical axis and having an inner and outer door member. The members move from an aligned side-by-side closed position to an open overlapping, nested position exterior and adjacent a railcar side. The members have the same exterior side facing away from the railcar in both the open and the closed positions. A linkage assembly extends from each pivot axis to the members, and each includes a pivotable main arm, an inner arm extending from the main arm to the inner member and an outer arm extending from the main arm to the outer member. Guides extend between the members and between the outer door member and the railcar to guide the relative motion of the members.

End door structure for an aluminum vehicle carrier railcar

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Alan B C Dixon