Trinity Rail Group, LLC

William F Deakyne

Kenneth W Huck

Jerry W Vande Sande

Lee A Reitz

Carter Ray Andrews

Daniel G Cortez

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.

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Arlington, TX, United States of America

William F Deakyne