Meaning of box wagon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A large high-sided box-shaped open wagon mounted on two four-wheel bogies, similar to a North American gondola car.
   British
2. Synonym of box van; a roofed goods wagon.

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Examples

“Greenbrier has completed production of the first JNA-X Box Wagon prototype in Romania. It forms part of an agreement for 50 new box wagons announced in March⟳ between the manufacturer, Porterbrook and GB Railfreight.”

“The filled mail bags leave⟳ in a continuous stream to be loaded on the train⟳ of box wagons at the L.N.E.R. station at Nottingham (London Road), of which we reproduce⟳ an illustration at page 95. […] The train⟳ takes 300 bags of mail to a box wagon. Each bag weighs about 56 lb. and contains an average of 95 news packets and 9 parcels.”

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