Railway facility with high throughput loop track

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11027752
APP PUB NO 20180257670A1
SERIAL NO

15915923

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A railway facility with high throughput loop track includes a series of adjacent parallel staging tracks connected to a main line to receive and depart trains, arranged in a path so that trains transverse around the railway facility. A balloon loop track, which includes a loading or unloading facility, is connected to the staging tracks loops and reverses the direction of the train so that upon completion of loading or unloading a train can depart or be re-staged without requiring repositioning or turning of locomotives. Staging tracks are included for staging both arriving and departing trains. In alternative embodiments transload tracks and at-grade access roads allow storage and retrieval of cargo to interior space within the staging tracks, and an escape track allows expedited exit of trains from the balloon loop track.

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  • HDR, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Reichelt, Kurt W Portland, US 1 0
Weber, Paul J Spokane, US 71 4362

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