The Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar was first introduced in 1947. You can learn more about the full-size cars in this ...

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RAILWAY AGE, SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE: Part 1: Can this multi-purpose railcar drive carload growth? Perhaps the most basic of freight cars, the boxcar has been around almost as long as the railroad ...

The boxcar was used to transport POWs to prison camps during World War II. “It carried Allied," said Dawn Brosnan, communications and marketing for the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. ...

Unlike other rail cars that are painted in cheerful colors and given a new loud vibe, this old boxcar looks exactly as you would expect a 1941 freight train car to look like – not at all ...

Citing a “looming supply chain crisis amid a dwindling number of active boxcars in the U.S.,” the Railway Supply Institute (RSI) has filed a petition with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) ...