box wagon

English
A GBRf box wagon at Bristol Temple Meads

Noun

box wagon (plural box wagons)

  1. (rail transport, Britain) A large high-sided box-shaped open wagon mounted on two four-wheel bogies, similar to a North American gondola car.
    • 2022 September 7, “Network News: Box Wagon prototype ready for the UK”, in RAIL, number 965, page 22:
      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.
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