Boxcar

For other uses, see Boxcar (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Bockscar.
This article is about American freight car. For UIC, Australian and New Zealand railway practice, see Covered goods wagon. For the Wild West wagon, see Covered wagon.

A steel-bodied boxcar built by the American Car and Foundry Company in 1926 for the South Australian Railways
A wooden-bodied Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway boxcar on display at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin
A double-door boxcar passes through Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

A boxcar is the North American (AAR) and South Australian Railways term for a railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight. The boxcar, while not the simplest freight car design, is considered one of the most versatile since it can carry most loads. Boxcars have side sliding doors of varying size and operation, and some include end doors and adjustable bulkheads to load very large items.

Similar covered freight cars outside North America are covered goods wagons and, depending on the region, are called goods van (UK and Australia), covered wagon (UIC and UK) or simply van (UIC, UK and Australia).[a]

  1. ^ McAuliffe, Des (1999). "The Snowtown to Port Pirie line". Proceedings of the 1999 Convention. Modelling the Railways of South Australia. Adelaide.


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