Boxcar
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A boxcar is the North American 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 con
A wooden-bodied Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway boxcar on display at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin
ANR Boxcars on a freight travelling through Farragut, Tennessee.
A hicube boxcar
An 86 foot long boxcar used for the transport of automobile parts
Covered goods wagon
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In the United Kingdom, a covered goods wagon or covered goods van is a railway goods wagon which is designed for the transportation of moisture-susceptible goods and therefore fully enclosed by sides
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…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). Boxcars can…
Ordinary covered wagon with central side door on the Rhaetian Railway in Switzerland
Swiss (SBB) Hbbillns sliding wall wagon, a present-day standard for palettised goods with lockable and movable partitions
Hbillns sliding-wall wagon in the green livery of the ITL railway (equivalent to the DB's Hbillns302).
German (DB) sliding-wall vans with 46.4 m2 (499 sq ft) loading area and various body heights for different loading gauges: Class Hbbillns310 (in front) and Hbbillns311 (behind)