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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1988
Richard E Jamrozy, Lansing, IL (US);
Shaun Richmond, Orland Park, IL (US);
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago Heights, IL (US);
Abstract
A railroad car, for carrying shipping containers, having a car body with opposing side walls and an end wall near each end defining a well in which a container can be received; support for a container, when in the well, comprising a plurality of spaced metal castings joined to each side wall and spaced inwardly from the well end walls; and each casting being substantially L-shaped and having a substantially vertical leg joined at the bottom of a side wall and the casting having an arm extending laterally substantially horizontally inwardly toward the center of the car to aid in supporting a container in the well.