USRA standard gondola car design

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The USRA standard gondola car design was a widely adopted, government-developed freight car blueprint from World War I that standardized open-top railcars for hauling bulk commodities across multiple American railroads.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freight car design ⓘ
railroad rolling stock standard ⓘ
administeredBy United States Railroad Administration ⓘ
appliesTo gondola car ⓘ
constructionType all-steel gondola ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designedFor bulk commodities ⓘ
coal ⓘ
interchange service ⓘ
ore ⓘ
scrap metal ⓘ
stone ⓘ
developedBy United States Railroad Administration ⓘ
documentation USRA engineering drawings ⓘ
era World War I ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasVariant USRA 50-ton gondola ⓘ
USRA 70-ton gondola ⓘ
inception 1918 ⓘ
influenced postwar American gondola designs ⓘ
influencedBy pre-World War I gondola practice in the United States ⓘ
legacy preserved in railroad museums ⓘ
reproduced in model railroading ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
partOf USRA standard freight car designs ⓘ
purpose interchangeability across railroads ⓘ
standardization of freight cars ⓘ
railcarType open-top freight car ⓘ
regulatoryContext federal control of railroads in World War I ⓘ
standardizedFeature brake equipment ⓘ
capacity ⓘ
coupler height ⓘ
dimensions ⓘ
draft gear arrangement ⓘ
truck design ⓘ
status historical design ⓘ
timePeriod 1918–1920 ⓘ
usedBy Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ⓘ
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad ⓘ
Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee Road

Missouri Pacific Railroad ⓘ
New York Central Railroad ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
usedFor common carrier freight service ⓘ

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United States Railroad Administration → notableOutput → USRA standard gondola car design ⓘ
USRA standard freight car designs → hasPart → USRA steel gondola ⓘ
linked to: USRA standard gondola car design
USRA standard gondola car design → hasVariant → USRA 50-ton gondola ⓘ
linked to: USRA standard gondola car design
USRA standard gondola car design → hasVariant → USRA 70-ton gondola ⓘ
linked to: USRA standard gondola car design
USRA composite gondola → introducedAs → USRA standard gondola design ⓘ
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USRA stock car → relatedTo → USRA gondola ⓘ
linked to: USRA standard gondola car design