US Patent Issued to Herzog Railroad Services on April 29 for "Catenary arm fabrication and installation rail car consist for overhead catenary systems" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,139, issued on April 29, was assigned to Herzog Railroad Services Inc. (St. Joseph, Mo.).

"Catenary arm fabrication and installation rail car consist for overhead catenary systems" was invented by Aaron Q. Neeley (St. Joseph, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catenary installation consist for construction of an overhead catenary system. The consist includes gondola-style cars with rails mounted along sidewalls thereof to enable wheeled apparatus to move therealong. The cars are configured for fabrication, storage, and installation of catenary arms as well as cable terminations. Wheeled lifting apparatus are disposed on several of t...