An articulated rail-transport car for transporting long sections of ribbon rail is described. The car includes a plurality of segments arranged end-to-end and coupled and supported at their adjacent ends by shared trucks. Dedicated trucks are provided near each terminal end of the car and couplers configured to couple to an adjacent rail car are provided at the respective terminal ends. Rail stands are disposed along the length of the car with a spacing that is independent of the locations of the shared and dedicated trucks and that provides a greater number of rail stands than trucks. The segments may be configured to enable interchangeability and to allow any number of the segments to be included in the car. A plurality of the cars can be coupled to enable transport of ribbon rails of any length.

An articulated rail-transport car for transporting long sections of ribbon rail is described. The car includes a plurality of segments arranged end-to-end and coupled and supported at their adjacent ends by shared trucks. Dedicated trucks are provided near each terminal end of the car and couplers configured to couple to an adjacent rail car are provided at the respective terminal ends. Rail stands are disposed along the length of the car with a spacing that is independent of the locations of the shared and dedicated trucks and that provides a greater number of rail stands than trucks. The segments may be configured to enable interchangeability and to allow any number of the segments to be included in the car. A plurality of the cars can be coupled to enable transport of ribbon rails of any length.

A dewatering unit in the form of a railcar having bogies thereon to move the unit on rail tracks. The dewatering unit has first and second ends, first and second sides, and a bottom that bound and define an interior chamber. A conveyor is provided in the interior chamber and screens are located in the bottom and first and second sides. A grizzly is located below an opening in the unit's top and above the conveyor. Stabilizing assemblies are deployed to contact the ground and lift some weight off of the bogies prior to loading. A solid material/liquid mixture is dropped through the opening and onto the grizzly which partially fractures the solid material. Further fracturing is undertaken by conveyor drag bars and crushers located adjacent the conveyor. Liquid drains from the unit through the screens. The dewatered solid material is lifted out of the unit by the conveyor.

A method for transporting goods in containers, wherein the wagon carries two layers of containers, characterized in that the bottom layer comprises containers without side walls. The goods carried in the bottom containers can be loaded and unloaded independently from the goods carried in the top containers. The bottom containers are used for transporting coils. The coils are loaded and unloaded by inserting a coil lifter arm through inner diameter of the coil. A wagon for transporting containers comprising bogies (1) and a platform (2) with side walls (3) arranged between said bogies. The height of the side wall (3) extending over the platform (2) in its lowest point does not exceed 60 cm. The wagon has a side wall (3) extending 55-60 cm above the platform (2). The side wall (3) comprises trapezoid reduced-height sections (4), wherein the side wall (3) extends 40-45 cm above the platform (2) in said reduced-height sections. The side wall (3) comprises a top reinforcing member (5). The side wall (3) and the top reinforcing member (5) are linked with connecting members (6). The height of the side wall (3) is 20-40 cm.

A method for transporting goods in containers, wherein the wagon carries two layers of containers, characterized in that the bottom layer comprises containers without side walls. The goods carried in the bottom containers can be loaded and unloaded independently from the goods carried in the top containers. The bottom containers are used for transporting coils. The coils are loaded and unloaded by inserting a coil lifter arm through inner diameter of the coil. A wagon for transporting containers comprising bogies (1) and a platform (2) with side walls (3) arranged between said bogies. The height of the side wall (3) extending over the platform (2) in its lowest point does not exceed 60 cm. The wagon has a side wall (3) extending 55-60 cm above the platform (2). The side wall (3) comprises trapezoid reduced-height sections (4), wherein the side wall (3) extends 40-45 cm above the platform (2) in said reduced-height sections. The side wall (3) comprises a top reinforcing member (5). The side wall (3) and the top reinforcing member (5) are linked with connecting members (6). The height of the side wall (3) is 20-40 cm.

A rail and train system has at least a rail pair on which a rail vehicle that is provided with at least one wagon is movable. In the wagon, at least one lifting device is accommodated with which containers can be transported through an opening in the floor of the wagon and which is movable transverse to the length direction of the wagon. The rail vehicle can be provided with a chassis that is formed by two chassis parts that are positioned at a distance behind each other in the travel direction.

The present disclosure discloses a road-rail dual-purpose vehicle, comprising a vehicle frame (1), and a lifting airbag mounting seat (1c) is provided between two longitudinal beams (1a) of the vehicle frame (1); a load-bearing airbag insertion hole is formed in a lower cover plate (1a1) of the longitudinal beam (1a); a load-bearing airbag mounting seat (1d) is installed in the load-bearing airbag insertion hole, and a bearing bolster (1e) is installed on an outer side of the longitudinal beam (1a). A suspension (2) comprises an axle assembly (2a); a lifting airbag (2b) is installed in a middle portion of a front end of the axle assembly (2a); both sides of the rear end of the axle assembly (2a) are provided with primary load-bearing airbags (2c); and the two primary load-bearing airbags (2c) are respectively provided with the secondary load-bearing airbags (2c); the lifting airbag (2b) is installed on the lifting airbag mounting seat (1c), and the secondary load-bearing airbag (2e) is installed in the load-bearing airbag mounting seat (1d). The single-axle bogie (3) comprises a framework (3a), and both ends of the framework (3a) are provided with axle boxes (3b); a primary damping spring assembly (3d) is provided between the axle boxes (3b) and the vehicle frame (1); and a vehicle frame connection assembly (3f) is provided on both ends of the top surface of the framework (3a) respectively; the framework (3a) is installed on the bottom surface of the bearing bolster (1e) through the vehicle frame connection assembly (3f). The road-rail dual-purpose vehicle is suitable for transportation.

A universal storage device for a wheel chock used in an auto carrier railcar comprises a grating coupled to a backplate. The grating has a regularly spaced array of horizontal rods, including an intermediate horizontal rod with a missing segment that creates a gap in the array. The backplate has a plurality of tabs extending transverse to the horizontal rods that are wrapped around one or more horizontal rods to couple the grating to the backplate. The wheel chock has multiple rows of teeth for engaging the grating. When installed on the storage device, a first row of teeth engages a first horizontal rod of the grating and a second row of teeth is positioned in the gap in the array of horizontal rods. The storage device further comprises a locking flange rotatable between a locked and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the locking flange engages an upper surface of the wheel chock to secure the wheel chock to the storage device.

A universal storage device for a wheel chock used in an auto carrier railcar comprises a grating coupled to a backplate. The grating has a regularly spaced array of horizontal rods, including an intermediate horizontal rod with a missing segment that creates a gap in the array. The backplate has a plurality of tabs extending transverse to the horizontal rods that are wrapped around one or more horizontal rods to couple the grating to the backplate. The wheel chock has multiple rows of teeth for engaging the grating. When installed on the storage device, a first row of teeth engages a first horizontal rod of the grating and a second row of teeth is positioned in the gap in the array of horizontal rods. The storage device further comprises a locking flange rotatable between a locked and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the locking flange engages an upper surface of the wheel chock to secure the wheel chock to the storage device.

A modular system for transporting wind turbine blades in at least two different spatial arrangements comprising two or more root end transport frames having a height H for supporting the root end, wherein H<D (D=bolt circle diameter), and two or more first tip end transport frames having a height H1 for supporting the blade towards the tip end, each first tip end transport frame has a base frame and a support bracket provided on top of the base frame, wherein each first tip end transport frame is stackable on top of a root end transport frame and vice versa, so the system is operable to stack successive blades in an alternating root end to tip end arrangement. The first tip end transport frame is replaceable with a second end transport frame that increase the inter-blade spacing, or with a tip end or a root end distance piece.