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A covered goods wagon or van (US: boxcar) is a railway goods wagon which is designed for the transportation of moisture-susceptible goods and therefore fully enclosed by sides and a fixed roof. They are often referred to simply as covered wagons, and this is the term used by the International Union of Railways (UIC). Since the introduction of the international classification for goods wagons by the UIC in the 1960s a distinction has been drawn between ordinary and special covered wagons. Other types of wagon, such as refrigerated vans and wagons with opening roofs,are closely related to covered wagons from a design point of view.

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rdfs:label	Covered goods wagon
rdfs:comment	A covered goods wagon or van (US: boxcar) is a railway goods wagon which is designed for the transportation of moisture-susceptible goods and therefore fully enclosed by sides and a fixed roof. They are often referred to simply as covered wagons, and this is the term used by the International Union of Railways (UIC). Since the introduction of the international classification for goods wagons by the UIC in the 1960s a distinction has been drawn between ordinary and special covered wagons. Other types of wagon, such as refrigerated vans and wagons with opening roofs,are closely related to covered wagons from a design point of view.
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dcterms:subject	International Union of Railways Rail transport Rolling stock Freight equipment Rail transport terminology
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abstract	A covered goods wagon or van (US: boxcar) is a railway goods wagon which is designed for the transportation of moisture-susceptible goods and therefore fully enclosed by sides and a fixed roof. They are often referred to simply as covered wagons, and this is the term used by the International Union of Railways (UIC). Since the introduction of the international classification for goods wagons by the UIC in the 1960s a distinction has been drawn between ordinary and special covered wagons. Other types of wagon, such as refrigerated vans and wagons with opening roofs,are closely related to covered wagons from a design point of view. Covered goods wagons for transporting part-load or parcel goods are almost as old as the railway itself. Because part-load goods were the most common freight in the early days of the railway, the covered van was then the most important type of goods wagon and, for example, comprised about 40% of the German railways goods fleet until the 1960s. Since then however the open wagon and flat wagon have become more common. By contrast the covered goods wagon still forms the majority of two-axled wagons in countries like Germany, because the comparatively light freight does not routinely require the use of bogie wagons. The formerly widespread ordinary covered wagon with side doors (see below) was almost fully displaced in the third quarter of the 20th century by special covered wagons with sliding walls (see below) which can be rapidly loaded and unloaded with palletised goods using fork-lift trucks.

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