Regarding to passenger railcar parts
Author: Date: 2015/12/23 11:06:19
A passenger railcar parts includes a lower passenger compartment that includes a plurality of passenger seats. The passenger rail caralso includes an upper passenger compartment that includes a plurality of passenger seats. A control cab for a rail car operator is elevated above the floor of the lower passenger compartment, and is located forward of the passenger seats and behind the crash energy management region. The front end of the passengerrail car may be slanted to provide a greater field of view for the railcar parts operator.
A rail car door closer is provided to improve the speed and/or safety with which heavy railcar parts doors are closed to overcome deficiencies in conventional methods and devices relying on movement of the rail car parts or manual leverage. The rail car door closer assembly (10) includes a movable base portion having a rotatable member (70) rotationally disposed thereon. The movable base portion is coupled to a drive system (40) configured to translate the movable base portion along a rail or a track (20) disposed adjacent a railroad track rail. Rotatable member (70) is positioned to contact an open rail car door and, upon movement of the movable base portion of the rail car door closer assembly (10) along the track (20) in a closing direction of the door, the door is closed.
A rail car parts door closer is provided and includes a movable base having a rotatable member rotationally disposed thereon. The movable base is coupled to a drive system configured to translate the movable base along a rail or a track disposed adjacent a railroad track rail. A device is also provided to permit securement of the rotatable member in a substantially upright position. When the rotatable member is in the substantially upright position, it is positioned vertically to contact an open rail car door and, upon movement of the movable base to a position adjacent and beneath the open rail car door, the rotatable member contacts the open rail car door and subsequently moves the open rail car door in correspondence with a movement of the movable base.
A passenger rail car includes a lower passenger compartment that includes a plurality of passenger seats. The passenger rail caralso includes an upper passenger compartment that includes a plurality of passenger seats. A control cab for a rail car operator is elevated above the floor of the lower passenger compartment, and is located forward of the passenger seats and behind the crash energy management region. The front end of the passengerrail car may be slanted to provide a greater field of view for the railcar operator.