Trinity Rail Group, LLC

Trinity North American Freight Car, Inc.

Daniel G Cortez

Kenneth W Huck

Lee A Reitz

Jerry W Vande Sande

Christopher C Harkey

Andrew Brown

Carter Ray Andrews

Anthony R Hiatt

William F Deakyne

Amy D Brown

Craig J Stevens

According to some embodiments, a longitudinal door system comprising one or more longitudinal doors for a railcar and a longitudinal operating beam coupled to the one or more longitudinal doors via one or more struts. A translation of the longitudinal operating beam is coupled to an opening and closing of the one or more longitudinal doors. The door system further comprising a gearbox coupled to the longitudinal operating beam and a first capstan receptacle. The gearbox is operable to translate a rotational movement of the first capstan receptacle to a linear movement of the longitudinal operating beam.

Railcar door operating systems and methods with capstan drives

A railcar system that includes a railcar with a discharge opening and a longitudinal gate positioned adjacent to the discharge opening. The system further includes a driving system connected to the longitudinal gate that is configured to move the longitudinal gate between a closed position and an open position. The system further includes a controller connected to the driving system that causes the driving system to position the longitudinal gate in the closed position, position the longitudinal gate in the open position, and position the longitudinal gate to remain an at least partially open position. The longitudinal gate is less than fully open when the longitudinal gate is in the at least partially open position.

Railcar with adjustable opening longitudinal gates

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Grapevine, TX, United States of America

Daniel G Cortez