Pullman Incorporated

George S McNally

Phillip G Przybylinski

Richard C Snyder

Babgaunda A Patil

John H Spence

Dilip T Naik

A connection for joining the edges of a roof sheet to the wall of a railway car without the use of fasteners such as rivets or welds. The connection is weather-tight and includes an interlock feature which effectively carries the loading encountered during operation of the vehicle. A modified version of the interlock forms a trough for channeling water towards the ends of the railway car.

Roof to wall connection for a railway car

A modular rear draft lug and center filler construction for railway vehicles comprising a pair of rear draft lugs which extend from the draft sill area along each side of the inside of the center sill and continue through the center filler area to rear draft lug stops. A number of slotted plates are fitted over portions of the draft lugs and attached to a bottom cover plate which nests into the center sill. A center plate has a mounting skirt with upwardly extending flanges to abut each end of the bottom cover plate to resist longitudinal impact forces. The rear draft lugs are mechanically attached to the center sill and the center filler plates, center plate and rear draft lug stops may be easily installed after the rear draft lugs are attached. The riveted construction provides for even force distribution and alignment and ease of replacement should damage or failure occur.

Center filler for railway vehicle

A reinforcing member for inhibiting failure caused by metal fatigue in the walls of the hatch coaming in a covered hopper car. The reinforcing member utilizes the combination of a weld and a mechanical connection to provide a reinforcement which effectively resists both axial loading and bending moments that cause fatigue failure.

Mechanically and weldingly secured bracket

A high volume railway gondola car particularly suited for high speed rail operations having a bracing structure extending the length of the car including a plurality of serially interconnected V-shaped trusses having laterally longitudinally downwardly convergent bracing members coupling the car walls to the underframe along the centerline of the car.

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South Holland, IL, United States of America

George S McNally