USRA stock car

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The USRA stock car was a standardized World War I–era American railroad freight car specifically designed for transporting livestock under the United States Railroad Administration’s national car-building program.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf livestock car
railroad freight car
standardized freight car design
category freight rolling stock
countryOfOrigin United States
designedFor interchange service
transporting livestock
designedToHaul cattle
hogs
sheep
era 1910s
hasBrakingSystem air brakes
hasCoupling Janney coupler
hasFrameType steel underframe
hasLoadingFeature side doors
hasSuperstructureType wooden body
hasVentilation slatted sides
introducedBy United States Railroad Administration
operator United States Railroad Administration
partOfProgram USRA national car-building program
powerType unpowered
purpose increase wartime freight capacity
standardize freight car construction
railGauge standard gauge
regulatingAuthority United States Railroad Administration
relatedTo USRA boxcar
USRA gondola
USRA hopper car
serviceEntryPeriod World War I era
standardizedBy United States Railroad Administration
usedBy multiple American railroads
usedIn North American freight service

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