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A gondola car built by the South Australian Railways in the 1920s to an American Car and Foundry design. In North American railroad terminology, [note 1] a gondola car or gondola is typically an open-topped railroad car used for transporting loose bulk materials, although general freight was also carried in the pre-container era.
Prior to the invention of this type of coil car, coils of sheet metals were carried on-end or in cradles in open or covered gondolas. Load shifting, damage, and awkward loading and unloading were all problems, and since so much sheet metals are railroad-transported, a specialized car was designed for transporting coiled metals.
The Railgon Company, (reporting marks GONX, GNTX) established in 1979, is an American company that owns railroad gondola cars available for use by multiple railroads by placing the cars in a cooperative pool. [1] Shipments in gondola cars and other rolling stock are often used to transport goods on more than one railroad before reaching the ...
Gondola (US) A gondola car A type of rolling stock with a flat bottom and relatively low sides, used to haul material such as ore or scrap, and loaded and unloaded from the top which may be covered or uncovered [125] [128] Green and Cream (Cream and Green) BNSF's post-Burlington Northern green-and-white livery Green Goat
This 1962 Ford Seattle is among 100 concept car images that Ford Motor Co. just added to its online archive site. Images are now available to the public for free downloading.
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Track ballast gondola cars D437–D439 LB Foster 1990 In service: R104 Overhaul 13 locomotives, upgrade 22 other locomotives R105 1 ballast distributor R106: New car design – future cars: Incorporated into R110 contract R107 New car design – lightweight trucks R108 New car design – propulsion controls R109 New car design – auxiliary ...
Car surrendered to equipment trustee, Boston Car Trust, in 1885. [94] Car sold to Coeur d'Alene Railway & Navigation Co. in 1886 (CdAR&N #1 or 2). [95] [96] Purchased by the WP&YR in 1900. Cupola added in 1967. Cupola removed in 1996. 218 Lake Atlin (since 1946) Jackson & Sharp Co. 1881 [97] [98]