A ramp system for a railway transporter vehicle is provided. The ramp system includes a fixed body (2) which is securable to a bed of the railway transporter vehicle (1). A moveable body (8) is engaged with the fixed body such that the moveable body may move longitudinally relative to the fixed body and railway transporter vehicle. The system has at least one ramp (10) which has a first ramp end (12) pivotably connected to a first end (7) of the moveable body at a pivot axis, and a second ramp end (14) engageable with the ground. Sliding movement of the moveable body in a first longitudinal direction will deploy the at least one ramp towards the ground, and sliding movement of the moveable body in a second, opposite longitudinal direction will retract the at least one ramp towards the railway transporter vehicle. A railway transporter vehicle having the ramp system is also provided.
Ramp system
2020-09-30
Patent
Electronic Resource
English