EDMOND STEWART MIKSCH
Engineers in Pittsburgh, PA
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Pennsylvania PE021551E
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Professional Engineer
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Pittsburgh, PA 15235
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Roll On-Roll Off Piggyback Bimodal Terminal System
Roll On-Roll Off Piggyback Bimodal Terminal System
US Patent:
5901649, May 11, 1999
Filed:
Jun 5, 1997
Appl. No.:
8/869453
Inventors:
Richard C. Hathaway - Greenville OH
Mearl K. Bridges - New Madison OH
John M. Barr - Euphemia OH
Donald R. Klein - Greenville OH
Edmond S. Miksch - Pittsburgh PA
Mearl K. Bridges - New Madison OH
John M. Barr - Euphemia OH
Donald R. Klein - Greenville OH
Edmond S. Miksch - Pittsburgh PA
Assignee:
KACI Terminals System, Ltd. - Greenville OH
International Classification:
B61B1/00
US Classification:
104 29
Abstract:
The invention is a system for transporting highway vehicles on railway vehicles. It has rail cars positionable relative to one another at an angle of at least about 50 degrees. Each car has a deck for highway vehicles. The system has a railroad terminal with a first track with switch(es) connected to spur(s) so trucks supporting a first set of car ends may be kept on the first track, while a second set of trucks supporting a second set of car ends is placed on the spur(s). The rail cars are thereby placed in a zig-zag configuration. For each of the rail cars, a truck supporting one end remains on the first track while a truck supporting the other end is placed on a spur. A vector parallel to the direction of travel of a truck along the tracks supporting it has a vector component of at least about 0. 25 in a direction parallel to the centerline of a railway vehicle supported on the truck, so forces for moving rail cars into and out of the zig-zag configuration may be communicated by tension or compression along the rail cars. The terminal has a dock or ramp having an elevation about equal to the elevation of the rail cars so that highway vehicles may be driven or pulled onto or off the rail cars.