METHOD OF LOADING AND UNLOADING OF CONTAINER CARRIED BY RAILWAY FLAT CARS Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport; multimodal carriages. SUBSTANCE: International Standard 40-foot containers are filled directly on 4-axle flat cars for heavy weight containers in railway train consisting of similar flat cars with such containers. For implementing proposed method detachable ramp, detachable metal flooring, two metal (light weight) running boards and container ladder are installed to form runway for truck loader with cargo for using new technology of truck loader running into processed container where cargo is unloaded. EFFECT: provision of multimodal carriage of unit loads for export in 40-foot International Standard containers from stores of enterprises not furnished with equipment for re-loading of filled up containers. 3 dwg