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Railbox Company , founded in 1974, is a North American
Railbox Company , founded in 1974, is a North American boxcar
A boxcar is the North American (AAR) term for a railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight. The boxcar, while not the simplest freight car design, is considered one of the most versatile since it can carry most ...
pooling company, and a subsidiary of the Chicago
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-based TTX Company
TTX Company (formerly TrailerTrain) is a provider of railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry. TTX's pool of railcars – over 165,000 cars and intermodal wells – supports shippers in the interm ...
. It was created to address a boxcar shortage in the United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...
in the 1970s.
The concept behind Railbox, as evidenced by the slogan, "Next Load, Any Road" was, because Railbox was jointly owned by many of the railroads as a privately owned cooperative
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-contro ...
, these boxcars were not subject to load/empty rules. Railbox cars could be assigned for service on any railroad in Canada, Mexico and the United States on lines where an AAR
AAR or Aar may refer to:
Geography
*Aar, a river in Switzerland, tributary of the Rhine
* Aar (Lahn), a tributary of Lahn river in Germany, descending from the Taunus mountains
*Aar (Dill), a tributary of Dill river in Germany, also in the basi ...
Plate-C loading gauge
A loading gauge is a diagram or physical structure that defines the maximum height and width dimensions in railway vehicles and their loads. Their purpose is to ensure that rail vehicles can pass safely through tunnels and under bridges, and ke ...
is permitted. Railbox purchased boxcars from many manufacturers, including American Car and Foundry Company
ACF Industries, originally the American Car and Foundry Company (abbreviated as ACF), is an American manufacturer of railroad rolling stock. One of its subsidiaries was once (1925–54) a manufacturer of motor coaches and trolley coaches und ...
, FMC Corporation
FMC Corporation is an American chemical manufacturing company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which originated as an insecticide producer in 1883 and later diversified into other industries. In 1941 at the beginning of US involvemen ...
, and Pullman-Standard (P-S).
See also
*Demurrage
The term "demurrage" from Old French ''demeurage'', from ''demeurer'' – to linger, tarry – originated in vessel chartering and referred to the period when the charterer remained in possession of the vessel after the period normally allowed ...
* Railgon Company
The Railgon Company, ( reporting marks GONX GNTX) established in 1979, owned railroad gondola cars available for use by multiple railroads by placing the cars in a cooperative pool.
Shipments in gondola cars and other rolling stock are often used ...
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