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gondola 1. a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high ornamented stem and a platform at the stern where an oarsman stands and propels the boat by sculling or punting: traditionally used on the canals of Venice 2. a. a car or cabin suspended from an airship or balloon b. a moving cabin suspended from a cable across a valley, etc. 3. a flat-bottomed barge used on canals and rivers of the US as far west as the Mississippi 4. US and Canadian a low open flat-bottomed railway goods wagon 5. a set of island shelves in a self-service shop: used for displaying goods 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. Last year there was a real shortage of freight cars and gondola cars, which are used to haul scrap. 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. |
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