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In railroad terminology, a gondola is a open-top type of rolling stock that is used for carrying loose bulk materials. Because of its low side walls, gondals are used to carry either very dense material, such as steel plates or coils, or bulky items such as prefabricated pieces of rail track. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 289 KB)CW 5097, a gondola, seen at the Rochelle Railroad Park. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 289 KB)CW 5097, a gondola, seen at the Rochelle Railroad Park. ... Rochelle is a city located in Ogle County, Illinois. ... Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. ... A railroad car (or, more briefly, car), also known as an item of rolling stock in British parlance, is a vehicle on a railroad or railway that is not a locomotive - one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. ... Steel framework Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... Railroad or railway tracks are used on railways, which, together with railroad switches (points), guide trains without the need for steering. ...

Contents

1 History

2 Specialized car types

2.1 "Bathtub" gondolas
2.2 Steel coil cars
2.3 Container well cars
2.4 Airplane parts cars

3 References

History

Specialized car types

"Bathtub" gondolas

In the second half of the 20th century, coal haulage shifted from open hopper cars to high-sided gondolas. Using a gondola, the railroads are able to haul a larger amount of coal per car since gondolas do not include the equipment needed for unloading. However, since these cars do not have hatches for unloading the products shipped in them, railroads must use rotary car dumpers (mechanisms that hold a car against a short section of track as the car and track are slowly rotated upside down to empty the car) or other means to empty them. The term "bathtub" refers to the shape of the car. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground either by underground mining, open-pit mining or strip mining. ... 2-bay hopper cars of the Reading Railroad. ...

Steel coil cars

Container well cars

Airplane parts cars

References

Rail transport freight equipment
Enclosed equipment	Autorack, Boxcar, Container, Refrigerator car, Roadrailer, Stock car, Tank car
Open equipment	Flatcar, Gondola, Hopper car, Schnabel car
Non-revenue equipment	Caboose

Categories: Rail stubs | Freight equipment Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... An autorack, also known as an auto carrier, is a specialized piece of railroad rolling stock used to transport unladen automobiles. ... You may be looking for Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped a nuclear weapon on Nagasaki, Japan during World War II. A boxcar (the American term; the British call this kind of car a goods van) is a railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to hold freight. ... Containers in the port of Kotka (Finland) on the Baltic Sea. ... Categories: Stub | Freight equipment ... In railroad terminology, a stock car is one that is designed for carrying livestock. ... Categories: Freight equipment ... 2-bay hopper cars of the Reading Railroad. ... Two cupola cabooses, a transfer caboose and a bay window caboose in Ohio. ...

Results from FactBites:

Gondola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (205 words)
	A gondola is a small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, best known for its use in the canals of Venice.
	A Gondola is also an enclosed carriage used on a ski lift.
	A gondola is also the car of an airship, hot-air balloon or special kind of a bicycle.

Gondola (rail) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (312 words)
	In railroad terminology, a gondola is a open-top type of rolling stock that is used for carrying loose bulk materials.
	Using a gondola, the railroads are able to haul a larger amount of coal per car since gondolas do not include the equipment needed for unloading.
	However, since these cars do not have hatches for unloading the products shipped in them, railroads must use rotary car dumpers (mechanisms that hold a car against a short section of track as the car and track are slowly rotated upside down to empty the car) or other means to empty them.

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