box car
Train cargo compartment
A boxcar is an enclosed railroad freight car with sliding doors on the sides, used for hauling goods that need protection from weather.
The rectangular shape lends itself to figurative use: boxcar numbers or boxcar figures are very large amounts, from the many digits one might see on the side of a railcar.
In craps, boxcars is a roll of double sixes.
Rail vehicle hauling cargo
- rolling stockWheeled railway equipment
- cargoTransported goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- goodsThings for sale
container · railcar · manifest · lading · consignment · bulk · commodities · merchandise
Rail sorting facility
- sidingExterior wall covering
- couplingJoint between systems
- couplerDevice linking two things
- bogieVehicle wheel assembly
track · railyard · marshaling · shunting · flatcar · gondola · caboose · reefer
Growth of train infrastructure
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- ironElement twenty-six
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
lumber · manufacturing · commerce · trade · import · export · warehousing · stockyard
Itinerant without fixed address
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- trainhoppingIllegally boarding cargo trains
- freight hoppingIllegally boarding cargo trains
vagabond · bindle · jungle · riding the rails · Woody Guthrie · wanderer · stowaway · migrant
freight train
Rail vehicle hauling cargo
- rolling stockWheeled railway equipment
- cargoTransported goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
goods · container · railcar · manifest · lading · consignment · bulk · commodities · merchandise · haulage
switchyard
Rail sorting facility
bogie · track · railyard · marshaling · shunting · flatcar · gondola · caboose · reefer · hopper
railroad expansion
Growth of train infrastructure
grain · lumber · manufacturing · commerce · trade · import · export · warehousing · stockyard · depot
hobo
Itinerant without fixed address
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- trainhoppingIllegally boarding cargo trains
freight hopping · vagabond · bindle · jungle · riding the rails · Woody Guthrie · wanderer · stowaway · migrant
box carpassenger car
Vehicle for transporting people
passenger coach · sleeper car · Pullman car · dining car · observation car