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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Mass. Electric Construction Co., Omaha, NE (US);
Inventor:
James Claypool, Bellevue, NE (US);
Assignee:
Mass. Electric Construction CO., Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60F 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60F 1/04 (2013.01); B60F 2301/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rail gear system and a method for placing a truck on railroad tracks are provided in which the truck can be placed into the set of railroad tracks using a short siding. The rail gear may be mounted on a back portion of the truck and may rotate so that the a rear portion of the truck rotates about the track when the rail gear is engaged with the set of railroad tracks.