TCAX (Thrall Car Co.) 20306
1971 All-Door Boxcar
Boxcars made up the largest portion of most railroad's freight car fleets until nearly the end of the Twentieth Century. They were used to carry almost any type of non-perishable solid cargo, ranging from cartons, crates, and bags of merchandise to complete automobiles and loose grain.
Due to its length, lumber is difficult to load through the doors of a standard boxcar except by hand, a few pieces at a time. Thrall developed the All-Door steel boxcar in 1967 specifically for shipment of wood products. Each car side has a pair of 25' wide doors, permitting bundles of lumber and materials such as plywood to be loaded by forklifts.
TCAX 20306 was retired in 1995. It was refurbished and donated to IRM by GE Capital Railcar in 1998, and is operational.
Builder: Thrall Car Co.
Loading: Lumber products
Empty Weight: 82,400 lbs
Capacity: 137,000 lbs
Nominal Length: 56 ft
Courtesy hmdb.org
