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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1987
Walter J Marulic, Cumming, GA (US);
Kenneth H Smith, Powder Springs, GA (US);
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago Heights, IL (US);
Abstract
A railroad single axle truck having a pair of wheels with one wheel at each end of the axle, the truck including a frame having a pair of longitudinal spaced apart parallel horizontal side tubes of substantially equal length, the frame also including a pair of transverse spaced apart parallel horizontal beams of substantially equal length positioned normal to and substantially planar to the longitudinal side tubes, the beams being spaced apart for a distance longer than the length of the tubes with the side tubes positioned between the beams, and the end of each side tube having a joining member telescoped thereto and fixedly joined to the side tube with the member having an outer end fixedly joined to the beam.