Rail system fuel tender

US20120085260A1Inactive Publication Date: 2012-04-12NICHINI PAUL +1
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Authority / Receiving Office
US ยท United States
Current Assignee / Owner
NICHINI PAUL
Publication Date
2012-04-12
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable ยท inactive patent

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Abstract

An improved rail system fuel tender for use with one or more railroad locomotives capable of transporting a plurality of fuel containers suitable for containing pressurized fuel and suitable for directly fueling the one or more locomotives. The improved fuel tender may be powered by the locomotives to increase tractive effort, and the fuel containers may be separately fillable and separately removable from the fuel tender.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Technical Field

[0002] The invention relates generally to the field of vehicles used on railroads. More specifically, the invention is directed to an improved fuel tender adapted to run on railroad rails as part of a train comprising at least one locomotive for which the improved fuel tender provides fuel.

[0003] 2. Description of Prior Art

[0004] Railroad fuel tenders are well known in the art. From the earliest coal cars which were coupled to steam locomotive engines to the diesel tankers used more recently, separate vehicles have been employed to transport the fuel used by the locomotives powering trains. More recently there has been a trend towards integrating fuel carrying capability within the locomotive itself, much as an automobile has an integrated gas tank. One example is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,129,328 (Jul. 14, 1992, to Donnelly), whereby a gas turbine locomotive fueled by compressed natural gas carries gas storage tanks on the locomoti...

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