A railcar configured to transport a payload, the open-topped railcar including left and right sidewalls, forward and rear sidewalls, a left track, and a right track. The left and right sidewalls extend vertically from the floor and include upper edges. The forward and rear sidewalls extend vertically from the floor between the left and right sidewalls to form a payload bay. The left track is positioned near the left sidewall and spaced above the floor and below the upper edge of the left sidewall. The right track is positioned near the right sidewall and spaced above the floor and below the upper edge of the right sidewall. The left track and right track may include a number of pedestals spaced apart from each other and a number of ramps angled diagonally upward from some of the pedestals to upper edges of the forward and rear sidewalls. The left and right tracks are configured to support an independent material moving machine at least partially in the payload bay and/or between the left and right sidewalls.

A mass transportation system provides an airborne passenger vehicle tethered to a host vehicle. The host vehicle traverses along a fixed route. The airborne passenger vehicle moves between a stowed position fixedly secured to the host vehicle and a deployed position in which the airborne passenger vehicle is flying above the host vehicle.

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.

A transport trailer includes an elongated body having spaced vertical supports for vertical actuators, a lower deck extending along and supported by the elongated body, and an upper deck supported by the vertical actuators. The upper deck is movable along the vertical supports via the vertical actuators. The upper deck can be lowered to a position to be substantially superimposed on top of the lower deck by the vertical actuators.

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.

A transport vehicle includes a container for receiving bulk material which is disposed on a vehicle frame and is pivoted, together with a bottom conveyor belt and a third conveyor belt, relative to the vehicle frame about a pivot axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle in order to maintain a horizontal conveying plane, relative to a transverse direction of the vehicle, for the bottom conveyor belt and the third conveyor belt, independently of a transverse inclination of the track. Thus, a problem-free bulk material transport is possible even in the event of a transverse inclination of the track. A method of loading and unloading a transport vehicle which is mobile on a track is also provided.

Disclosed is a railway wagon for transporting trucks, including a middle running board device, end running board devices respectively arranged at two ends of the middle running board device, and a bridge board device arranged at the outer end of each end running board device. The middle running board device includes of multiple middle running board assemblies. Each middle running board assembly includes a running board connected to a side wall. At least one support plate connected to the side wall is arranged below the running board. Each end running board device includes multiple end running board assemblies. Each end running board assembly includes a running board connected to the side wall. At least one support plate connected to the side wall is arranged below the running board.

A system for immobilizing a semi-trailer kingpin on a transport vehicle includes a balance arm and a substantially horizontal rigid linking structure designed to guide the vertical movement of the receiving nacelle, hold it in position above the lifting system in a horizontal plane and take up the forces exerted thereon. The longitudinal rigid linking structure is hingedly linked to the receiving nacelle and to the transport vehicle in order to take up the longitudinal forces from same, and the balance arm includes preloaded springs that take up the forces exerted on the balance arm when the receiving nacelle is temporarily inclined relative to the horizontal plane. The lifting system for lifting the receiving nacelle is mounted pivoting on the railway unit at a pivot pin transverse to the longitudinal axis of the transport vehicle.

A transport trailer includes an elongated body having spaced vertical supports for vertical actuators, a lower deck extending along and supported by the elongated body, and an upper deck supported by the vertical actuators. The upper deck is movable along the vertical supports via the vertical actuators. The upper deck can be lowered to a position to be substantially superimposed on top of the lower deck by the vertical actuators.

An impact detection device for a system for locking the kingpin of a semitrailer on a railway unit includes a rigid connecting piece connected to a kingpin receiving structure and a connecting shaft connecting the rigid connecting piece to the railway unit, mounted on the railway unit, received with the ability to pivot in an oblong provided in the rigid connecting piece and capable of moving in the oblong. The device also includes a shear pin that prevents the connecting shaft from moving in the oblong and which breaks in the event of an impact so as to allow the connecting shaft to move in the oblong, a bypass pipe mounted as a bypass on the general pipe of the railway unit, and a cutoff tool secured to the railway unit, which cuts off the bypass pipe when the shear pin is broken and a connecting shaft is moving in the oblong.