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gondola car

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gondola car
n.
An open railroad freight car with low sides.
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Noun1.gondola cargondola car - a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof
freight car - a railway car that carries freight


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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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