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
subject linked to: USRA
USRA standard freight car designs hasPart USRA double-sheathed boxcar
linked to: USRA standard freight car designs
USRA standard freight car designs hasPart USRA steel boxcar
linked to: USRA standard freight car designs
USRA standard freight car designs hasPart USRA 50-ton steel hopper car
linked to: USRA standard freight car designs
USRA standard freight car designs hasPart USRA 55-ton steel hopper car
linked to: USRA standard freight car designs
USRA standard freight car designs hasPart USRA 70-ton steel hopper car
linked to: USRA standard freight car designs
USRA standard freight car designs hasPart USRA 50-ton flatcar
linked to: USRA standard freight car designs
USRA standard freight car designs hasPart USRA 70-ton flatcar
linked to: USRA standard freight car designs
USRA standard freight car designs hasPart USRA 6,000-gallon tank car
linked to: USRA standard freight car designs
USRA standard freight car designs hasPart USRA 8,000-gallon tank car
linked to: USRA standard freight car designs
USRA standard freight car designs hasPart USRA refrigerator car
linked to: USRA standard freight car designs
USRA standard gondola car design partOf USRA standard freight car designs