USRA stock car
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The USRA stock car was a standardized World War I–era American railroad freight car specifically designed for transporting livestock under the United States Railroad Administration’s national car-building program.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
livestock car
ⓘ
railroad freight car ⓘ standardized freight car design ⓘ |
| category | freight rolling stock ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor |
interchange service
ⓘ
transporting livestock ⓘ |
| designedToHaul |
cattle
ⓘ
hogs ⓘ sheep ⓘ |
| era | 1910s ⓘ |
| hasBrakingSystem | air brakes ⓘ |
| hasCoupling | Janney coupler ⓘ |
| hasFrameType | steel underframe ⓘ |
| hasLoadingFeature | side doors ⓘ |
| hasSuperstructureType | wooden body ⓘ |
| hasVentilation | slatted sides ⓘ |
| introducedBy | United States Railroad Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Railroad Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfProgram | USRA national car-building program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerType | unpowered ⓘ |
| purpose |
increase wartime freight capacity
ⓘ
standardize freight car construction ⓘ |
| railGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| regulatingAuthority | United States Railroad Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
USRA boxcar
ⓘ
USRA gondola NERFINISHED ⓘ USRA hopper car NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntryPeriod | World War I era ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | United States Railroad Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | multiple American railroads ⓘ |
| usedIn | North American freight service ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.