Abstract: A railroad freight car includes a loading platform and two wheelsets, two double-axle running gears or two bogies, and cushioning is effected by leaf suspension springs suspended by links from spring brackets. The object of the invention is to provide a railroad freight car by using simple, economic devices, in which a facility is provided for driving the railroad freight car beneath cargoes, especially swap bodies or interchangeable containers, for raising the loading platform and, following the reception of the cargo, for lowering the loading platform back into a travel position so as to enable the railroad freight car to be loaded and unloaded independently from loading appliances extraneous to the car. This object is achieved by providing a lifting element interposed between each suspension ring and an associated spring bracket of the loading platform or of the bogie frame.

Abstract: Rail vehicles have a brake linkage being acted on by a brake cylinder for acting on at least one wheel set of a bogie, truck or running gear of the rail vehicle through brake blocks having brake block shoes and brake block shoe inserts. A block brake for rail vehicles should be economical and be constructed in such a way that higher braking capacities can be achieved, that damage to the tires of the wheels of the wheel set is avoided and that wheel noise of the wheel sets is minimized. The block brake includes at least one rotationally symmetrical brake body being fixedly disposed on a wheel set shaft of the wheel set between the wheel discs of the wheel set. The acted-on brake block rests on an outer surface of the brake body.

Abstract: A running gear unit for low-floor rail vehicles includes a running gear frame on which individual wheels are rotatably mounted through a respective rocker and the rocker is articulatingly attached and supported by primary springs. The running gear frame is connected to a car body of the low-floor rail vehicle through two articulated rods having one end being articulatingly mounted at a distance from one another on a crossmember of the running gear frame and another end being likewise articulatingly attached to the car body. The car body is supported on the running gear frame through secondary springs being mounted in pockets near transverse ends of the crossmember. Transverse stops are disposed at a distance from one another in the crossmember for limiting transverse movement of the car body relative to the running gear unit.

Abstract: A railborne vehicle, in particular a passenger car, includes an underframe with a trough-like bottom. A car body is disposed on the underframe and has end surfaces, truck regions each being spaced apart from a respective one of the end surfaces, a middle region disposed between the truck regions, end regions each tapering from a respective one of the truck regions to a respective one of the end surfaces, a roof, and a cross section with polygonal long sides and a width being increased from the end surfaces to the truck regions and being narrowed at the middle region. A truck is disposed in each respective one of the truck regions.

Abstract: A running gear for drop-frame rail vehicles includes a running-gear frame on which individual wheels are each rotatably mounted through a respective rocker and the rocker is fastened in an articulated manner and supported through primary springs. The connection of the running-gear frame to the carriage body of the drop-frame rail vehicle is provided through two articulated rods which are mounted on a crossmember of the running gear frame and which are fastened to the carriage body. The carriage body is supported on the running-gear frame through secondary springs which are mounted in pockets of the transverse ends of the crossmembers. Transverse stops which are disposed in the crossmember limit the transverse movement of the carriage body in relation to the running gear. Advantageously, the individual wheel and the drive of the individual wheel are mounted in the rocker in such a manner as to be connected to form a structural unit.

Abstract: A bogie or truck for high-speed rail vehicles or railway cars includes an H-shaped bogie or truck frame, primary springs cushioning the bogie frame, and a lateral bolster being movable relative to the bogie frame, receiving a coach or car body and being cushioned relative to the bogie or truck frame by air springs. The object is to provide a bogie with a low number of contact points with the coach body, which allows a configuration for rotational retardation, which has a minimum structural width and low weight, which permits small air spring bellows, which allows the installation of additional air reservoirs for the air springs below the lateral bolster and which has additional assemblies disposed at locations which keep the bearing components free from bending or torsional stresses. According to the invention, each air spring is supported directly on the side wall of the bogie frame.

Abstract: A drop-frame urban rapid transit car includes passenger cells and travelling mechanism parts having a running gear, which are connected to one another at end surfaces by joint parts. The travelling mechanism parts disposed at ends of the car receive an engineer's cab. The object of the invention was to develop the drop-frame urban rapid transit car in a way which ensured the best possible utilization of the enveloping space and the best possible utilization of the available base area, a concept which makes it possible to construct a vehicle meeting the requirements of a modern urban rapid transit car, and at the same time with the most advantageous utilization of the necessary production devices, a minimum of different structural parts and a simple assembly.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to the connection of two multi-axle running gears into a running gear group for rail vehicles with low-lying platform, wherein the running gears have at least two wheel sets with small wheel base and a running gear frame consisting of side walls and crossbeams betweenn two axles. The wheel sets are mounted in the running gear frame via axle bearings, and each running gear is connected to the platform with false pivot only via a leaf spring and link suspension located transversely in front of and along each side wall. To ensure that the correct turn-out angle of each running gear and each running gear group is freely guaranteed during cornering, and at a correct axle load equalization of the running gears of each running gear group is ensured.

Abstract: A bogie for rail vehicles with a low-seated loading ramp, comprises at least two sets of wheels with a small axle base and a bogie frame comprising lateral cheeks and a traverse extending between every two axles. The sets of wheels are clamped into the bogie frame by axle bearings, and the bogie is connected to the vehicle frame merely by a carrying leaf spring carried by suspension rings. A fixing device cooperates with the suspension rungs to limit the movement of the bogie relative to the rail vehicle. The rocking or swaying properties of the bogie are optimized to improve the running behavior on straight stretches as well as on curves while providing the required transverse play of the bogie. The construction is made more favorably by employing long suspension rings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a railroad freight car having hoods covering the freight room which slide over each other and lie in one plane in the closed position. The hoods are liftable, swivelable and can be put down on rollers which engage rails by means of an actuation arrangement. The hoods, are split at their apex where they have joints and a sealing element. The railroad freight car is provided with separation walls for securing of a load. The separation walls, are movable on rollers running in rails on the freight floor, on both sides of the center portal in the freight floor and can be arrested at the bottom by releasable pegs in the floor and at the top by means of swivelable locking cams in the hood.

Abstract: The invention relates to a slider (1) for track vehicles which allows for horizontal relative movements in the longitudinal as well as in the latitudinal direction between the superstructure, such as a freight car body or another vehicle body, and the running gear or between running gear parts. The invention has the task of retaining the effect of the friction in a slider of the described kind in one horizontal direction while eliminating it in the other direction. This problem is solved by mounting the slider on coupling elements, which allow for a nearly unrestricted sliding of the slider within a certain range in one of the two horizontal directions (longitudinally or latitudinally) and which fix the slider rigidly in the other one of the two horizontal directions.

Abstract: A secondary suspension for a rail vehicle truck is arranged between a suspension support connected to the car body of the vehicle and a spring support. It comprises several spring groups, whose spring elements each have a set of coil springs held by an upper and a lower spring plate and a metal-rubber spring element and are individually interchangeable. The spring elements are designed so that replacement of the spring groups can be carried out with the truck installed on the vehicle and without using a pressure stand or a lift. This goal is achieved by the fact that there are at least two diametrically opposed holder claws for spring tension holders on the upper and the lower spring plate of the spring groups, to which the spring tension holders are attached when the spring elements are compressed.

Abstract: A freight car is constructed with an undercarriage having a flat cargo floor and with an upright fixed end wall at each end of the floor. A gantry in the form of an arch extends upwardly from the floor substantially centrally between the end walls and a hood support rail extends between the fixed end walls on each side of the floor. The space above the floor is covered by a hood which is of a length to extend between the gantry and one end wall and which includes a roof portion which overlies the gantry and the one end wall and side wall portions which extend downwardly from each side of the roof. The side wall portions carry rollers or casters which are engageable with the rail for supporting the hood for movement along the rail. The hood may be moved when it is in an open position along the rail for example to completely uncover the space between the gantry and one end wall.

Abstract: A truck for high speed rail cars, comprises an H-shape truck frame which included bearings for supporting each end of the axles of each wheel set from longitudinally extending leaf springs which are supported in brackets depending from the frame. In addition, air springs are supported on spring troughs which are supported by connecting rods that are pivotally connected between the frame and the troughs. The air springs on the troughs support a cradle which includes spaced upper and lower beam portions or chord members having one or more spaces enclosed therebetween which form auxiliary air spaces providing an additional air chamber for the air springs which are between the troughs and the upper chord member of the cradle.

Abstract: A bearing socket for the pin connection of trucks to the body of rail vehicles comprises an upwardly opening cup-shaped lower part having a pivot pin receiving bore for the path of the pivot pin. An upwardly opening cup-shaped insert of resilient material is disposed within the lower part and has an annular side wall and a bottom wall with approximately the same thickness throughout. An upwardly opening cup-shaped upper part is disposed within the insert and both the insert and the upper part have bores for accommodating the pivot pin. The lower part advantageously has a hub portion and the insert is cut away and has a bead-shaped protuberance formed around the cut away portion surrounding the hub of the lower part. The outer walls of both the insert and the upper and lower parts are conically formed and shaped so that they interengage.

Abstract: A subway vehicle for service in a tunnel which has a circular cross-section, wherein, a car body having an asymmetrical cross-section with a first longitudinal side having a vertical side wall with the necessary windows and doors in this vertical side wall and having an opposite second longitudinal side which conforms to the configuration of the tunnel for travel therethrough. The car body has an inner wall spaced from the opposite second longitudinal side and the space between this inner wall and the opposite first longitudinal side defines the passenger space. The inner wall does not contain any windows. In addition, the space between the inner wall and the outer second longitudinal side defines a utility compartment space between the opposite second longitudinal side wall and the inner longitudinal wall for accommodating air, heating, and cable channels.

Abstract: A bunker closure door mechanism for a bunker housing which has an opening with a seat around the opening which is closed by a closure door body, comprises, first and second spaced apart end levers which are pivotally connected between the housing and one end of the door. In addition, central levers are pivotally connected to the door body intermediate its length and pivotally connected at their opposite ends to a toggle lever which is pivotally mounted on the housing. The door body carries guide pins which are engageable in vertical slots of guide members supported on the bunker housing. By means of an actuator in the form of a fluid-pressure operated piston and cylinder connection, a guide rod is actuated to engage the central lever intermediate its length and to pivot it about its connection to the toggle lever and to also shift the toggle lever over its dead center position.

Abstract: An emergency run guide assembly for the axles of a bogie frame for rail cars which have axle boxes and wich have spring leaf guide rods for the axle guidance of bogies which are secured at their one ends on the bogie frame and at their other ends on the axle boxes, and which guide rods are subjected to breakage, comprises a secondary guide system including bushings secured vertically on the bogie frame and having a central bushing wall. An axle box housing on the axle of the bogies is provided with a bore for the vertical mounting of a bolt thereon. A cylindrical sleeve member has an open bottom end and an opposite top closed end with a bore therethrough and it is mounted on the bolt with its open end downwardly. The walls of the sleeve member are spaced radially outwardly of the bolt and radially inwardly of the cylindrical bushing wall and the sleeve member is secured to the bolt by means of a locking screw which extends through the opening of the sleeve member and is threaded into the bolt.

Abstract: The sliding wall includes a central wall section and two end wall sections, with the sections being co-planar in the closed state and movable, transversely of the car, out of the closing plane and into a shifting plane in which they are displaceable longitudinally of the car past closed wall sections. During shifting, the sliding wall sections are supported by rollers engageable with a rail, provided in an upper longitudinal stringer, and with the outer lateral surface of an outer lower longitudinal supporting beam, the stringer and the supporting beam forming, in cooperation with two corner posts, a side frame of the freight car. The upper rail is a single rectilinear and uninterrupted rail extending substantially the full length of the upper stringer. Each end section has, in the upper portion of its end adjacent the central section, an outwardly opening pocket having a horizontal catch member extending thereacross.