USRA standard freight car designs

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United States railroad standard railway rolling stock standard standardized freight car design program

USRA standard freight car designs were a series of standardized freight car types created during World War I to simplify and unify railroad equipment across U.S. railroads.

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Label	Occurrences
USRA standard freight car designs canonical	3
USRA 50-ton flatcar	1
USRA 50-ton steel hopper car	1
USRA 55-ton steel hopper car	1
USRA 6,000-gallon tank car	1
USRA 70-ton flatcar	1
USRA 70-ton steel hopper car	1
USRA 8,000-gallon tank car	1
USRA double-sheathed boxcar	1
USRA refrigerator car	1
USRA standard boxcar design	1
USRA steel boxcar	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States railroad standard ⓘ railway rolling stock standard ⓘ standardized freight car design program ⓘ
appliesTo	freight cars ⓘ multiple U.S. railroads ⓘ railroad rolling stock ⓘ
appliesToGauge	standard gauge railways ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	United States Railroad Administration ⓘ
designFeature	interchangeability across railroads ⓘ standardized brake equipment ⓘ standardized capacities ⓘ standardized dimensions ⓘ standardized trucks and wheelsets ⓘ use of steel underframes ⓘ
followedBy	post-USRA derivative freight car designs ⓘ
hasPart	USRA standard freight car designs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USRA 50-ton flatcar USRA standard freight car designs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USRA 50-ton steel hopper car USRA standard freight car designs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USRA 55-ton steel hopper car USRA standard freight car designs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USRA 6,000-gallon tank car USRA standard freight car designs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USRA 70-ton flatcar USRA standard freight car designs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USRA 70-ton steel hopper car USRA standard freight car designs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USRA 8,000-gallon tank car USRA caboose design ⓘ USRA composite gondola ⓘ USRA standard freight car designs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USRA double-sheathed boxcar USRA standard freight car designs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USRA refrigerator car USRA single-sheathed boxcar ⓘ USRA standard freight car designs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USRA steel boxcar USRA standard gondola car design ⓘ surface form: USRA steel gondola USRA stock car ⓘ
historicalImpact	influenced postwar freight car construction in the United States ⓘ many cars remained in service for decades after World War I ⓘ
inception	1918 ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
locationOfDevelopment	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
materialUsed	steel ⓘ wood ⓘ
notableFor	being the first nationwide standard freight car program in the United States ⓘ
purpose	facilitation of wartime railroad operations ⓘ simplification of freight car designs ⓘ standardization of railroad equipment ⓘ
reasonForDevelopment	improve efficiency of car production and maintenance ⓘ need to reduce variety of freight car types ⓘ wartime control of U.S. railroads ⓘ
regulatingAuthority	United States Railroad Administration ⓘ
timePeriod	World War I ⓘ
usedBy	Class I freight railroads in the United States ⓘ surface form: Class I railroads in the United States short line railroads in the United States ⓘ

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United States Railroad Administration → introducedDesign → USRA standard freight car designs ⓘ

United States Railroad Administration → notableOutput → USRA standard freight car designs ⓘ

this entity surface form: USRA standard boxcar design

USRA → introduced → USRA standard freight car designs ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Railroad Administration