Car Types - Thrall

[cheech]

What is a Thrall car? I see it listed with the DTTX well cars. Sometimes these intermodal cars are listed as Gunderson and sometimes Thrall? is there a descernable difference?

 thanks

ralph

[alexweiihman]

thrall was a car manufacturer that mainly transported autiomobiles.

[lionelsoni]

Thrall and Gunderson are car manufacturers.  Thrall is now part of Trinity Industries:

http://www.trinityrailcar.com/history.html

Gunderson is part of the Greenbrier companies:

http://www.gbrx.com/page.php?view=GUNDERSON

 

[Andrew Falconer]

Thrall Car produced the Budd designed Lo-Pac Intermodal Well Cars. They have external ribs.

Gunderson produces the Maxi-Stack and Husky-Stack intermodal Well Cars. They have smoothly contoured exteriors.

DTTX is a designation used by the Trailer Train Company that became the TTX Company.

DTTX is their classification for intermodal well cars.

www.ttx.com

Andrew Falconer