Railbox
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| Parent company | TTX Company |
| Headquarters | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States |
| Reporting mark | ABOX, FBOX, RBOX, TBOX, TOBX |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
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Railbox Company (reporting marks ABOX, FBOX, RBOX, TBOX), founded in 1974, is a North American boxcar pooling company, and a subsidiary of the North Carolina–based TTX Company.[1] It was created to address a boxcar shortage in the United States in the 1970s.[1]
The concept behind Railbox, as evidenced by the slogan, "Next Load, Any Road" was, because Railbox was jointly owned by many of the railroads as a privately owned cooperative, these boxcars were not subject to load/empty rules. Railbox cars could be assigned for service on any railroad in Canada, Mexico and the United States on lines where an AAR Plate-C loading gauge is permitted. Railbox purchased boxcars from many manufacturers, including American Car and Foundry Company, FMC Corporation, and Pullman-Standard (P-S).
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Boyd, Jim (2001). The American Freight Train. MBI Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-7603-0833-2.
