page_title: Boxcar
section_title: Double-door boxcar
hierarchical_section_title: Boxcar / Double-door boxcar
caption_attribution_description: Catalog #: 04_02892 Album: 33 Description: Wing of Spirit being lifted by a crane onto boxcar. Album Name: &quot;&quot;Spirit&quot;&quot; Lindbergh Rohr Collection Page Number: 36 Repository: &lt;a href="http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive&lt;/a&gt;
context_page_description: A boxcar is the North American term for a railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight. The boxcar, while not the simplest freight car design, is probably the most versatile since it can carry most loads. Boxcars have side doors of varying size and operation, and some include end doors and adjustable bulkheads to load very large items.
  Similar covered freight cars outside North America are covered goods wagons and, depending on the region, are called goods van, louvre van, covered wagon or simply van.
context_section_description: A double-door boxcar has two sliding doors on each side instead of one. Double-door boxcars can be more convenient for household storage and passage uses. The double door gives the user a wider range of options than a standard one.
  Door-and-a-half cars were used on the PRR, N&W, B&O, WSS, and CNJ railroads since the smaller opening did not require as much inside bracing.
caption: A Santa Fe door-and-a-half boxcar being loaded with the wing from the Spirit of St. Louis
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