Burlington Northern Railroad

William K Berry

Gary S Kaleta

A hitch (10) for releasably connecting a double stack trailer to a road railer car having a tongue (14) having an opening (15) includes a top wall (16), bottom wall (24) and first and second walls (28) and (30) cooperatively connected to form a housing (12) for receiving the tongue (14) of the road railer car. The housing (12) has an upper pin receiving opening (18) in the top wall (16), and a lower pin receiving opening (26) in the bottom wall (24). The upper and lower pin receiving openings (18) and (26) are in alignment. A shaft (42) is positioned below the bottom wall (24) and cooperatively connected between the first side wall (28) and the second side wall (30). A lever (22) has an upper arm (44) cooperatively connected to a lower arm (46) with a pivot point (48) positioned between the arms (44) and (46 ). The lever (22) has a portion of the upper arm (44) extending above the top wall (16), and the lower arm (46) is positioned below the bottom wall (24). A pin (50) is cooperatively connected to the lower arm (46). When in a disengaged position the pin (50) is in the lower pin receiving opening (26). When the upper arm (44) is depressed the pin (50) moves upward through the upper pin receiving opening (18) thereby securing the tongue (14) through its opening (15) which has been positioned in the housing (12).

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Arlington, TX, United States of America

William K Berry