Combination railcar moving vehicle and trailer spotter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4537137
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06353842

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A combination railcar moving vehicle utilizing the weight transfer principle and trailer spotter which has a plurality of steel rail wheels for moving a railcar along rail, and has a plurality of road wheels for spotting a highway trailer in a switching yard, the combination vehicle including four rail wheels, two of which are driven, and four road wheels, two of which are driven, so as to provide 2-wheel rail drive and 2-wheel road drive, and further having oscillating means for permitting the remaining free-wheeling road and rail wheels to oscillate up and down to accommodate uneven rail or ground conditions. When the machine is operating on rail it is working inside the AAR clearance patterns stipulated by the American Association of Railroads.

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WHITE MACHINERY CORPORATIONJOLIET IL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
White, Jr Eugene B Park Forest, IL 4 63

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