A railcar loading system utilizing roller ball track assemblies, or the like, in the center to enable cargo to be moved thereover in any direction (moving cargo in/out and within the railcar). Powered movement devices (e.g., rollers, conveyors) are utilized in the center to assist in movement of cargo in/out or within the railcar. Roller track assemblies, or the like, are utilized on sides of railcar to move cargo to/from the sides. Airbags may be utilized in track assemblies and powered movement devices to raise devices up when activated. Railcar may include an air connector on each side to provide air to solenoid valve that routes air to appropriate airbags. Cargo table is used to move cargo from cargo bay to railcar. Wireless controller may be used to control railcar and table including what tracks are raised and direction cargo is to be moved (what powered movements devices are operational).

A modified, hollowed-out, bi-level double decker passenger car is equipped to provide electricity to electrically charge the batteries of battery-powered electric automobiles, either on a car by car basis, using the wheels of the car to generate electricity, or as the whole of the train supplied with power generated by a locomotive, a designated generator car, or an outside source.

A system for improved intermodal freight transportation is described herein. Improved carriages and support trusses are provided that beneficially move the load-bearing structure to interconnected support trusses forming a top-end spine of the train with freight containers equipped with wheels hanging underneath. Upon entering a terminal, the floor adjacent to the rails may be configured to gradually rise until the container's wheels are supporting the container's weight. When properly aligned with a container exchange station, the container's connections to the train may be configured to release the container from the train, and the container's wheels may be configured to pivot, allowing the container to be rolled to the side of the train and replaced by another. This may allow the container to be replaced without having to lift the container or disconnect any of the rolling stock components.

A device and method for efficient transport of passenger cars or similar, with a high environmental and energy saving result, including, for example, a two-dimensional framework, a connecting element positioned and attached in a third dimension perpendicular to the framework. The two-dimensional framework and the connecting element together form a framework body of the device. A fastening device for vertical attachment and storage of a passenger car is provided. The passenger cars are placed vertically suspended in the container device such that the use of volume is significantly improved compared to prior solutions.

A transportation system and method for transporting cargo containers and/or passenger containers between one or more locations includes terminal facilities having a small footprint, e.g., three to six acres (12,140.6 to 24, 281.1 square m). Cargo containers and/or passenger containers can be stored at terminal facilities. Cargo and/or passenger container vehicles and automated guidance vehicles can be maintained and recharged at terminal facilities. The transportation system and method preferably combine aspects of hyperloop technology with both monorail and traditional rail technologies and includes an on-demand movement of automated or manual individual vehicles or trainsets carrying shipping containers and/or passenger containers along a dedicated track or transportation line. The system and method can combine automated and manual operations and preferably includes: electrically-powered vehicles that are propelled by magnetic levitation, conventional electric power, and/or linear electric propulsion and designed to transport shipping containers and passenger containers along the same line; load/unload zones; maintenance zones; recharge zones; storage zones, turntables for negotiating tight right-of-way scenarios; forecasting/alleviating ground settlement effects; and refrigerated container movement.

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.

A transfer arrangement for transferring a semi-trailer onto an intermodal pocket wagon from a ground location beside the wagon, or vice versa, may include base roller beams of a first lifting mechanism supported by the ground at the ground location and intended for lifting the semi-trailer up from the ground. Corresponding wagon roller beams of a second lifting mechanism may be supported by the rail or the ground under the wagon. The wagon roller beams may be elevated to substantially the same height as the base roller beams or lowered towards the ground. A transfer mechanism may be provided for transferring the semi-trailer sideways from the first lifting mechanism to the second lifting mechanism in the elevated condition thereof.

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a drive for an electric clutch if a winch. The drive comprises a pusher block having a first end, a second end, and a transmission component arranged on a central portion of the pusher block to drive a transmission shaft; a first driving unit connected to the first end to drive the first end to reciprocate between a first position and a second position; and a second driving unit connected to the second end to drive the second end to reciprocate between a third position and a fourth position. The drive enables switching of the transmission shaft between a high speed mode, a low speed mode, and an idle mode. A winch including the drive is also disclosed.

An intermodal transportation system is provided having interconnected railcars adapted for transporting interconnected freight trailers where the freight trailers remain connected while being transported on the railcars. Individual trailers are dropped off at a railyard by over-the-road tractors and are then transported onto the railcars using various means as makes sense due to weather, location, and other factors.

The invention relates to a railway wagon comprising a load carrier (7) and front and rear bogies (8), each of the bogies being provided with railway track wheels and being electrically, hydraulically and/or pneumatically connected to the load carrier by means of one or more electric cables, hydraulic and/or pneumatic tubings (5). The load carrier is releasably connected to the respective bogies, and in a released state laterally displaceable in relation to the respective bogies by means of a displacement device. The load carrier has a front and a rear end and is at each end provided with a support device and a ramp (13), wherein the support device is adapted to support the load carrier on the ground in a position where it is displaced in relation to the bogie, whereas the ramp is along an inner edge pivotally connected to the end of the load carrier. The ramp is provided with a suspension device on the underside of the ramp including a guide arrangement (1) extending transverse in relation to a longitudinal axis of the load carrier, along which guide arrangement a slider (2) is displaceably movable, wherein the slider is provided with a holder (3) for holding of the one or more cables and/or tubings while allowing transverse movement of the cables and/or tubings together with the slider and holder along the guide arrangement.