Gus D Holabeck from 1615 Cherry Creek Ln, Warsaw, IN 46580, age 79, Phone: 5742689218

Railway Gondola Cars
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US Patent:

43610978, Nov 30, 1982
Filed:

Jun 17, 1977
Appl. No.:

5/807767
Inventors:

Richard H. Jones - Bethlehem PA
Gus D. Holabeck - Johnstown PA
Robert H. Dorian - Johnstown PA
Assignee:

Bethlehem Steel Corporation - Bethlehem PA
International Classification:

B61D 300
B61D 700
B61D 1700
US Classification:

105406R
Abstract:

A railway gondola car suitable for rotary unloading. The floor of the car comprises a pair of concave troughs which extend between the center sill and the sides of the car having their axes parallel to the axis of the center sill along that portion of the car between the trucks. The car has an increased lading capacity and lower center of gravity than conventional gondola cars.

Retrofitted Railway Car And Method Of Producing Same
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US Patent:

45893489, May 20, 1986
Filed:

Oct 24, 1983
Appl. No.:

6/544731
Inventors:

Gus D. Holabeck - Johnstown PA
William A. Mullen - Berwyn PA
Charles M. Smith - Strafford PA
V. Terrey Hawthorne - Radnor PA
Assignee:

Portland General Electric Company - Portland OR
International Classification:

B61F 110
B61F 516
B61D 300
US Classification:

105228
Abstract:

A gondola tub type railway car having an arrangement for transferring payloads from the car side panels more directly to the bolsters. The car at each end has a lower bolster for support by a car truck, and an upper bolster secured to the lower bolster preferably through a shear plate. A center plate unit extends upwardly from the lower bolster into the upper bolster and is secured to the latter. The car, at each end, is provided with a reaction beam located inboard of the associated bolster, and is secured to the shear plate and to side members, and cooperates with the bolster in resisting the couple created by draft and buff forces acting in offset relation to the plane of the shear plate.

Gus D Holabeck