Ttx Company

Frank F Stec

William R Halliar

Bruce E Keating

A method of shortening an end of a well car includes removing a plurality of parts that would inhibit the shortening process; cutting a shear plate and a set of side sill angles at a location on the well side of the end assembly; detaching the end assembly from a main body of the well car; on each side of the main body: cutting the top tube at a location above a monument plate that is just beyond a reinforcement plate attached to the monument plate; cutting through a weld between the monument and reinforcement plates and a side sheet; cutting through the side sheet generally at the attachment location of the monument and reinforcement plates; and cutting the shear plate of the main body with a contoured cut such that the remaining shear plate has a contoured pattern substantially matching the cut shear plate under the removed end assembly.

Method of reattaching an end assembly to a well car

Method of shortening a well car

A clamp for securing a bearing block to a railcar that includes first and second securing brackets, each securing bracket having a sheer lug coupled to each securing bracket to fit within an opening of a deck of the railcar; a locking lug coupled to each sheer lug to extend substantially parallel to and under the deck of the railcar; and a fastener with which to secure the first and second securing brackets to the bearing block.

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Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Frank F Stec