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href="/wiki/Boxcar_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Boxcar (disambiguation)">Boxcar (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Bockscar" title="Bockscar">Bockscar</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about American freight car. For UIC, Australian and New Zealand railway practice, see <a href="/wiki/Covered_goods_wagon" title="Covered goods wagon">Covered goods wagon</a>. For the Wild West wagon, see <a href="/wiki/Covered_wagon" title="Covered wagon">Covered wagon</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Australian_Railways_M_class_boxcar_(goods_van)_7016,_new,_in_1926.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/South_Australian_Railways_M_class_boxcar_%28goods_van%29_7016%2C_new%2C_in_1926.jpg/220px-South_Australian_Railways_M_class_boxcar_%28goods_van%29_7016%2C_new%2C_in_1926.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/South_Australian_Railways_M_class_boxcar_%28goods_van%29_7016%2C_new%2C_in_1926.jpg/330px-South_Australian_Railways_M_class_boxcar_%28goods_van%29_7016%2C_new%2C_in_1926.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/South_Australian_Railways_M_class_boxcar_%28goods_van%29_7016%2C_new%2C_in_1926.jpg/440px-South_Australian_Railways_M_class_boxcar_%28goods_van%29_7016%2C_new%2C_in_1926.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2310" data-file-height="1402" /></a><figcaption>A steel-bodied boxcar built by the <a href="/wiki/American_Car_and_Foundry_Company" title="American Car and Foundry Company">American Car and Foundry Company</a> in 1926 for the <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Railways" title="South Australian Railways">South Australian Railways</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Box_car_DSSA_18052.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Box_car_DSSA_18052.jpg/220px-Box_car_DSSA_18052.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Box_car_DSSA_18052.jpg/330px-Box_car_DSSA_18052.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Box_car_DSSA_18052.jpg/440px-Box_car_DSSA_18052.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="482" /></a><figcaption>A wooden-bodied <a href="/wiki/Duluth,_South_Shore_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway">Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway</a> boxcar on display at the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Continent_Railway_Museum" title="Mid-Continent Railway Museum">Mid-Continent Railway Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Freedom,_Wisconsin" title="North Freedom, Wisconsin">North Freedom, Wisconsin</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Box_car_HLMX_60036_20040808.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Box_car_HLMX_60036_20040808.jpg/220px-Box_car_HLMX_60036_20040808.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Box_car_HLMX_60036_20040808.jpg/330px-Box_car_HLMX_60036_20040808.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Box_car_HLMX_60036_20040808.jpg/440px-Box_car_HLMX_60036_20040808.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="468" /></a><figcaption>A double-door boxcar passes through <a href="/wiki/Prairie_du_Chien,_Wisconsin" title="Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin">Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>boxcar</b> is the <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North American</a> (<a href="/wiki/Association_of_American_Railroads" title="Association of American Railroads">AAR</a>) and <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Railways" title="South Australian Railways">South Australian Railways</a> term for a <a href="/wiki/Railroad_car#Freight_cars" title="Railroad car">railroad car</a> that is enclosed and generally used to carry <a href="/wiki/Freight" class="mw-redirect" title="Freight">freight</a>. The boxcar, while not the simplest <a href="/wiki/Railroad_car#Freight_cars" title="Railroad car">freight car</a> design, is considered one of the most versatile since it can carry most loads. Boxcars have side <a href="/wiki/Sliding_door" title="Sliding door">sliding doors</a> of varying size and operation, and some include end doors and adjustable <a href="/wiki/Bulkhead_(partition)" title="Bulkhead (partition)">bulkheads</a> to load very large items. </p><p>Similar covered freight cars outside North America are <a href="/wiki/Covered_goods_wagon" title="Covered goods wagon">covered goods wagons</a> and, depending on the region, are called <i>goods van</i> (<a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>), <i>covered wagon</i> (<a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Railways" title="International Union of Railways">UIC</a> and UK) or simply <i>van</i> (UIC, UK and Australia).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use">Use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boxcar&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boxcar_(PSF).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Boxcar_%28PSF%29.jpg/170px-Boxcar_%28PSF%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Boxcar_%28PSF%29.jpg/255px-Boxcar_%28PSF%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Boxcar_%28PSF%29.jpg/340px-Boxcar_%28PSF%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="836" /></a><figcaption>Illustration of a boxcar being unloaded by means of a <a href="/wiki/Wheelbarrow" title="Wheelbarrow">wheelbarrow</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Boxcars can carry most kinds of freight. Originally they were hand-loaded, but in more recent years mechanical assistance such as <a href="/wiki/Forklift" title="Forklift">forklifts</a> have been used to load and empty them faster. Their generalized design is still slower to load and unload than specialized designs of car, and this partially explains the decline in boxcar numbers since <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The other cause for this decline is the dramatic shift of waterborne <a href="/wiki/Cargo" title="Cargo">cargo</a> transport to <a href="/wiki/Intermodal_container" title="Intermodal container">container</a> shipping. Effectively a boxcar without the wheels and <a href="/wiki/Chassis" title="Chassis">chassis</a>, a container is designed to be amenable to <a href="/wiki/Intermodal_freight_transport" title="Intermodal freight transport">intermodal freight transport</a>, whether by <a href="/wiki/Container_ship" title="Container ship">container ships</a>, <a href="/wiki/Truck" title="Truck">trucks</a> or <a href="/wiki/Flatcar" title="Flatcar">flatcars</a>, and can be delivered door-to-door.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Boxcars were used for bulk commodities such as <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a>, particularly in the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern United States</a> in the early 20th century. This use was sufficiently widespread that several companies developed competing box-car loaders to automate coal loading. By 1905, 350 to 400 such machines were in use, mostly at Midwestern coal mines.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Passenger_use">Passenger use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boxcar&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Passenger use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, Boxcars were used as additional third-class accommodations by the <a href="/wiki/Manila_Railroad_Company" title="Manila Railroad Company">Manila Railway Company</a> during the early 1900s as there was a shortage of true <a href="/wiki/Passenger_railroad_car" title="Passenger railroad car">passenger railroad cars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These problems were considered solved by the 1910s as British manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Metro-Cammell" title="Metro-Cammell">Metropolitan</a> and American builders such as <a href="/wiki/Harlan_and_Hollingsworth" title="Harlan and Hollingsworth">Harlan and Hollingsworth</a> constructed more passenger cars for the railroad.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the present day, <a href="/wiki/Hobo" title="Hobo">hobos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Migrant_worker" title="Migrant worker">migrant workers</a> have often used boxcars in their journeys (see <a href="/wiki/Freighthopping" title="Freighthopping">freighthopping</a>), since they are enclosed and cannot be seen by <a href="/wiki/Railroad_police" title="Railroad police">railroad police</a>, as well as being to some degree insulated from cold weather.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hobo_code" class="mw-redirect" title="Hobo code">Hobo Code</a>, a form of hieroglyphs used by hobos, developed as a code to give information to Hobos freighthopping.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hicube_boxcar">Hicube boxcar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boxcar&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hicube boxcar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 21st century, high cubic capacity (hicube) boxcars have become more common in the US. These are taller than regular boxcars and as such can only run on routes with increased clearance (see <a href="/wiki/Loading_gauge#North_America" title="Loading gauge">loading gauge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Structure_gauge" title="Structure gauge">structure gauge</a>). The excess height section of the car end is often painted with a white band to be easily visible if wrongly assigned to a low-clearance line.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The internal height of the 86-foot (26.21 m) hicube boxcars originally used in automotive parts service was generally 12 feet 9 inches (3.89 m).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boxcar&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autorack" title="Autorack">Autorack</a> – Railway rolling stock used to transport automobiles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Utility_Van" class="mw-redirect" title="General Utility Van">General Utility Van</a> – Enclosed railway wagon used by British Rail to carry mail and parcels<span style="display:none" class="category-annotation-with-redirected-description">Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railbox" title="Railbox">Railbox</a> – American owner of boxcars</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refrigerator_car" title="Refrigerator car">Refrigerator car</a> – Railroad car designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stock_car_(rail)" title="Stock car (rail)">Stock car</a> – Rolling stock used for carrying livestock on railways</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troop_sleeper" title="Troop sleeper">Troop sleeper</a> – Type of military railroad passenger car</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boxcar&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">An exception in Australia was the former <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Railways" title="South Australian Railways">South Australian Railways</a>, which adopted US practices and terminologies; 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