What Are the Different Rail Car Types?
                        See what rail equipment looks like and learn what each rail car type carries.
            AUTORACK                                                                                                 GONDOLA  
                                     What autoracks carry:                                                                                     What gondolas carry:  
                                     Finished vehicles, including                                                                              Pipe, rail, steel plate, machinery, 
                                     cars, electric vehicles, trucks                                                                           steel beams, tractors, military 
                                     and SUVs.                                                                                                 vehicles, lumber, poles and logs.
                                                                                         BOXCAR 
                                                  What boxcars carry:                                                                                                 INTERMODAL EQUIPMENT 
                             Boxcars can carry a wide variety of crated 
                          or palletized freight, including paper, lumber,                                                            What intermodal equipment carries:  
                    packaged goods, beverages and (shocker) boxes.                                                                      A wide variety of goods, from apparel 
                                                                                                                                   to electronics to refrigerated products and 
                                                                                                                                                                    much more.
           CENTERBEAM 
                                     What centerbeams carry:                                                         OPEN-TOP HOPPER 
                                     Bundled goods like lumber, 
                                     wallboard, fence posts and                                                                                What open-top hoppers carry:  
                                     other building supplies.                                                                                  Coal, petroleum coke, sand, rock 
                                                                          COVERED HOPPER                                                       and copper concentrate.
                                       What covered hoppers carry:                                                                                                       REFRIGERATED BOXCAR 
                       Free-flowing dry bulk commodities like cement, 
                            roofing granules, sand, corn, wheat, barley,                                                                 What refrigerated boxcars carry:  
                                     fertilizer, soda ash, sugar and rice.                                                     Perishable freight, like fresh fruits, vegetables, 
                                                                                                                              frozen food, beverages, meat, poultry, seafood, 
                                                                                                                                    cheese and other refrigerated shipments.
           COIL CAR 
                                     What coil cars carry:                                                           TANK CAR 
                                     Coil cars are designed for                                                                                What tank cars carry:  
                                     products like coiled steel, steel                                                                         Compressed or liquid commodities, 
                                     plate or high-grade ores.                                                                                 like chemicals, molasses, edible 
                                                                                        FLATCAR                                                tallow, water, asphalt, diesel fuel and 
                                                                                                                                               diesel exhaust fluid (DEF).
                                                  What flatcars carry:                                                                                                                       WELL CAR 
                                        Pipe, rail, steel plate, machinery, 
                                           steel beams, tractors, military                                                                             What well cars carry:  
                                       vehicles, lumber, poles and logs.                                                                     Intermodal containers, which can 
                                                                                                                                                  hold a wide variety of goods.
                     Which rail car type would you choose to safely ship your product?