A chain of semi-trailer vehicles is intended to be articulated to a main vehicle. Each semi-trailer vehicle includes a body and a single bogie supporting the body, known as a trailer bogie. The bodies of the semi-trailer vehicles are successively articulated to one another from a first semi-trailer vehicle of the chain by a separate inter-body joint. Each inter-body joint is carried by one end of each semi-trailer vehicle connected to a following vehicle. Each inter-body joint is articulated along a vertical pivot axis. Each trailer bogie of a body carries an inter-body joint arranged longitudinally with respect to the body so that the bogie axis and the interconnection axis are offset.

The invention relates to a sleeper transport vehicle (1) having a loading area (25) which includes a lower supporting loading plane (7) and an upper supporting loading plane (8), wherein in each loading plane (7,8) a guide (10) is arranged in which pallets (9) are guided in the longitudinal direction of the sleeper transport vehicle (1), wherein, at a front side, a transfer area (26) is arranged into which the guides (10) protrude in order to pass along during a working operation pallets (9) with new sleepers (15) in one loading plane (7, 8) to a further sleeper transport vehicle (1) or loading/unloading vehicle (34) arranged at the front side, and to receive pallets with old sleepers (16) in the other loading plane (7, 8). In this, it is provided that in each loading plane (7, 8) a pushing device (11) for pushing the pallets (9) along the guide (10) is designed as at least one circulating chain protruding into the transfer area, and that coupling elements (20) are arranged on the pallets (9) for temporary coupling to the chain.

The invention relates to an articulated coupling comprising at least one tension-transferring or compression-transferring rod, at least one pressure plate comprising a cutting tool that comprises at least one blade and a central conically shaped recess. Furthermore, the articulated coupling comprises at least one conical threaded ring which comprises an internal thread and is slit in a longitudinal direction, wherein the rod comprises an external thread onto which the conical threaded ring is screwed. The cutting tool is arranged on a conical external surface of the conical threaded ring, wherein the conical threaded ring is arranged at least partially in the conically shaped recess.

The invention relates to an articulated coupling comprising at least one tension-transferring or compression-transferring rod, at least one pressure plate comprising a cutting tool that comprises at least one blade and a central conically shaped recess. Furthermore, the articulated coupling comprises at least one conical threaded ring which comprises an internal thread and is slit in a longitudinal direction, wherein the rod comprises an external thread onto which the conical threaded ring is screwed. The cutting tool is arranged on a conical external surface of the conical threaded ring, wherein the conical threaded ring is arranged at least partially in the conically shaped recess.

Joint arrangement (10) for a truck comprising at least one deformation element (12.1, 12.2), wherein the deformation element comprises at least one rod (14.1, 14.2) and a connection plate (16.1, 16.2), wherein the connection plate is arranged on the rod, wherein the rod has at least one stop element. The connection plate can be displaced on the rod in the longitudinal direction of said rod, wherein a deformation work can be performed on the deformation element in the event of a displacement of the connection plate on the rod; and wherein a displacement path of the connection plate on the rod is limited by the stop element (24.1, 24.2). Further a method for energy conversion is proposed.

This articulation device for an articulated vehicle comprises a first shackle (14), a second shackle (16), and an articulation joint (18) comprising a first articulation member (20) comprising a single first section (52) and a second articulation member (22) comprising a single second section (60). The first section (52) and the second section (60) are rotatable relative to each other; the first shackle (14) is connected to the first articulation member (20) and the second shackle (16) is connected to the second articulation member (22). The second articulation member (22) comprises a single connecting member (66) through which the second section (60) is connected to the second shackle (16), the connecting member (66) being adapted to adjust the position of the second section (60) relative to the second shackle (16) along a longitudinal axis (X2-X2) and along a transverse axis (Y2-Y2).

This articulation device for an articulated vehicle comprises a first shackle (14), a second shackle (16), and an articulation joint (18) comprising a first articulation member (20) comprising a single first section (52) and a second articulation member (22) comprising a single second section (60). The first section (52) and the second section (60) are rotatable relative to each other; the first shackle (14) is connected to the first articulation member (20) and the second shackle (16) is connected to the second articulation member (22). The second articulation member (22) comprises a single connecting member (66) through which the second section (60) is connected to the second shackle (16), the connecting member (66) being adapted to adjust the position of the second section (60) relative to the second shackle (16) along a longitudinal axis (X2-X2) and along a transverse axis (Y2-Y2).

According to some embodiments, a railcar comprises a first well component supported by a first railcar truck and a second railcar truck. The first well component is disposed between the first railcar truck and the second railcar truck. The length of the first well component is restricted to transport an intermodal shipping container no longer than twenty feet in length. In particular embodiments, the first well component is configured to transport a double stack of twenty-foot intermodal shipping containers. Each twenty-foot shipping container of the double stack may be loaded to maximum weight of 67,000 pounds. Particular embodiments include an articulated railcar with two or more twenty-foot well components.

According to some embodiments, a railcar comprises a first well component supported by a first railcar truck and a second railcar truck. The first well component is disposed between the first railcar truck and the second railcar truck. The length of the first well component is restricted to transport an intermodal shipping container no longer than twenty feet in length. In particular embodiments, the first well component is configured to transport a double stack of twenty-foot intermodal shipping containers. Each twenty-foot shipping container of the double stack may be loaded to maximum weight of 67,000 pounds. Particular embodiments include an articulated railcar with two or more twenty-foot well components.

A railway wagon for moving sleepers including: a base structure having a platform and at least one carriage, a first conveyor carried by the platform and configured to move the sleepers along a feed direction, a second conveyor distinct from the first conveyor and also carried by the platform. The second conveyor has: a first portion extended above the platform within a lateral size of the latter, and a second portion extending outside lateral size of the platform and configured to move the sleepers outside the platform.