Until about 18 months ago, shippers of perishable products that consigned their loads to refrigerated boxcars had to act on faith that a shipment would make its way cross country at the right ...

DONNA HEALY Of The Gazette Staff Jan 31, 2009 Jan 31, 2009 0 Toward the end of World War II, railroad boxcars turned into company houses for some Laurel families. Though the cars are long gone, the ...

The Interstate Commerce Commission, ordinarily a pretty lethargic outfit, loudly cried crisis a couple of weeks ago. There was such a severe shortage of plain railroad boxcars that the ICC felt it ...

Time for a little bit of sleuthing. This isn't the mystery of a boxcar standing beneath a protective cover on the grounds of Louisiana's Old State Capitol. Its explanatory plaque pretty much spells ...