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A METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR LOADING A SEMI-TRAILER ONTO A RAILWAY WAGON

  • US 20190322474A1
  • Filed: 12/03/2017
  • Published: 10/24/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of transferring a semi-trailer onto a rail-borne, intermodal pocket wagon from a ground location beside the wagon, or vice versa the semi-trailer being placed in parallel with the rail, the method comprising:

  • lifting the semi-trailer vertically up from the ground location by base roller beams of the first lifting means, supported by the ground at the ground location;

    elevating corresponding wagon roller beams of second lifting means, supported by the rail or the ground under the wagon, through openings between side beams of the wagon, to the same height as the base roller beams;

    transferring the semi-trailer sideways from the base roller beams to the wagon roller beams; and

    lowering the semi-trailer onto the wagon by the wagon roller beams.

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