Babgaunda Patil - Birmingham AL Phillip G. Przybylinski - Schereville IN Roger D. Sims - Munster IN
Assignee:
Pullman Incorporated - Chicago IL
International Classification:
B61D 700 B61D 1700
US Classification:
105406R
Abstract:
A covered railway hopper car includes a plurality of vertical partition sheets connected to the side walls of the car to form a plurality of hoppers. The connection of the vertical edges of the partition sheets to the inner surfaces of the side walls includes vertical posts of a cross-sectional configuration reducing stress concentration of the partition to prevent fracture.