United States Railroad Administration standard freight car design

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concept

A United States Railroad Administration standard freight car design is a government-developed, wartime-era railcar specification created during World War I to standardize construction, improve interoperability, and increase efficiency across American railroads.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
standardized boxcar design 1

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
USRA composite gondola
PS-1 boxcar standardized boxcar design