USRA standard gondola car design

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The USRA standard gondola car design was a widely adopted, government-developed freight car blueprint from World War I that standardized open-top railcars for hauling bulk commodities across multiple American railroads.

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Label Occurrences
USRA 50-ton gondola 1
USRA 70-ton gondola 1
USRA standard gondola car design canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freight car design
railroad rolling stock standard
administeredBy United States Railroad Administration
appliesTo gondola car
constructionType all-steel gondola
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designedFor bulk commodities
coal
interchange service
ore
scrap metal
stone
developedBy United States Railroad Administration
documentation USRA engineering drawings
era World War I
gauge standard gauge
hasVariant USRA standard gondola car design self-linksurface differs
surface form: USRA 50-ton gondola

USRA standard gondola car design self-linksurface differs
surface form: USRA 70-ton gondola
inception 1918
influenced postwar American gondola designs
influencedBy pre-World War I gondola practice in the United States
legacy preserved in railroad museums
reproduced in model railroading
material steel
partOf USRA standard freight car designs
purpose interchangeability across railroads
standardization of freight cars
railcarType open-top freight car
regulatoryContext federal control of railroads in World War I
standardizedFeature brake equipment
capacity
coupler height
dimensions
draft gear arrangement
truck design
status historical design
timePeriod 1918–1920
usedBy Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
surface form: Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
surface form: Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Milwaukee Road
surface form: Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

Missouri Pacific Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad

Southern Railway (U.S.)
Union Pacific Railroad
usedFor common carrier freight service

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United States Railroad Administration notableOutput USRA standard gondola car design
USRA standard freight car designs hasPart USRA standard gondola car design
this entity surface form: USRA steel gondola
USRA standard gondola car design hasVariant USRA standard gondola car design self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: USRA 50-ton gondola
USRA standard gondola car design hasVariant USRA standard gondola car design self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: USRA 70-ton gondola