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gondola car [′gän·də·lə ‚kär] (engineering) A flat-bottomed railroad car which has no top, fixed sides, and often removable ends, in which steel, rock, or heavy bulk commodities are transported. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He admitted, though, that attention to building new gondola cars may be suffering because of the increased attention to container cars used in intermodal shipping, which has become the fastest-growing segment of the freight rail industry. In addition to coal cars, FreightCar America designs and builds steel hopper cars, flat cars, mill gondola cars, intermodal cars, coil steel cars and motor vehicle carriers. While there isn't any one particular area where the bottleneck occurs, Dixon sees some issues when the end consumer receives a significant number of cars at one time, keeping the gondola car out of circulation for a longer period of time. |
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