USRA standard freight car designs

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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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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 ⓘ
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 50-ton flatcar ⓘ
USRA 50-ton steel hopper car ⓘ
USRA 55-ton steel hopper car ⓘ
USRA 6,000-gallon tank car ⓘ
USRA 70-ton flatcar ⓘ
USRA 70-ton steel hopper car ⓘ
USRA 8,000-gallon tank car ⓘ
USRA caboose design ⓘ
USRA composite gondola ⓘ
USRA double-sheathed boxcar ⓘ
USRA refrigerator car ⓘ
USRA single-sheathed boxcar ⓘ
USRA steel boxcar ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 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 boxcar design ⓘ
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United States Railroad Administration → introduced → USRA standard freight car designs ⓘ
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USRA standard freight car designs → hasPart → USRA double-sheathed boxcar ⓘ
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USRA standard freight car designs → hasPart → USRA steel boxcar ⓘ
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USRA standard freight car designs → hasPart → USRA 50-ton steel hopper car ⓘ
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USRA standard freight car designs → hasPart → USRA 55-ton steel hopper car ⓘ
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USRA standard freight car designs → hasPart → USRA 70-ton steel hopper car ⓘ
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USRA standard freight car designs → hasPart → USRA 50-ton flatcar ⓘ
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USRA standard freight car designs → hasPart → USRA 70-ton flatcar ⓘ
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USRA standard freight car designs → hasPart → USRA 6,000-gallon tank car ⓘ
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USRA standard freight car designs → hasPart → USRA 8,000-gallon tank car ⓘ
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USRA standard freight car designs → hasPart → USRA refrigerator car ⓘ
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USRA standard gondola car design → partOf → USRA standard freight car designs ⓘ
USRA composite gondola → category → USRA standard freight cars ⓘ
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USRA stock car → relatedTo → USRA hopper car ⓘ
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USRA caboose design → partOf → USRA standard freight car program ⓘ
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