The rail yard and workshops, the hub of the enterprise, facilitated the loading and unloading ... buildings has revealed the presence of two boxcars. The two badly discoloured rail cars are ...

What is not surprising to those familiar with North American boxcars is that not all loading and unloading facilities are created equal. Facilities built to handle 50-foot Plate C cars frequently ...

Major stockyards often had train-length unloading tracks because railroads ... packing plants also required boxcars, refrigerator cars, and tank cars. Railroads made this activity possible ...

Boxcars hold a special place in my unlikely vision for freight railroads’ future. I say “unlikely” because I do not think many other railroad people share this vision, but Railway Age’s interest in ...