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Owner: General Electric Rail Services
Old Name: Transportation Corp. of America
Type: Box Car
AAR Class: LU: An enclosed with roof, having a special metal beam of heavy design at top of each side to support a series of retractable overhead side doors and their apparataces, or other types of doors, running substantially the length of car, which beams also support the roof details. Car may be equipped with special loading devices or racks for handling various commodities.
AAR Type: L047
Detail Info:   Special Type Cars, Inside Length: 49ft 8in - 59ft 8in
User Notes:   Thrall All door demonstrator

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Thrall Car Co. #20306
Title:  Thrall Car Co. #20306
Description:  Old photo scan: The All-Door Demo. Boxcar, restored and donated by GE Railcar services.
Photo Date:  7/15/2001  Upload Date: 10/23/2012 6:04:57 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
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Views:  402   Comments: 0
TCAX DEMO BOX CAR
Title:  TCAX DEMO BOX CAR
Description:  This all door Demonstrator boxcar was built in 1971 by the Thrall Mfg. Car Company and weights 82,400lbs
Photo Date:  7/23/2005  Upload Date: 8/11/2005 5:19:12 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  516   Comments: 0
TCAX 20306
Title:  TCAX 20306
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2008  Upload Date: 3/29/2009 6:00:38 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  200   Comments: 0
TCAX 20306
Title:  TCAX 20306
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/13/2008  Upload Date: 1/20/2009 6:52:48 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Jay Tester
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  366   Comments: 0
Thrall #20306
Title:  Thrall #20306
Description:  All-Door Boxcar Demonstrator built by Thrall in 1971. The following is from museum signage about this car: "Boxcars made up the largest portion of most railroads freight car fleets until near the end of the Twentieth Century. They were used to carry almost any type of non-perishable solid cargo, ranging from cartons, crates, and bags of merchandise to complete automobiles and loose grain. Due to its length, lumber is difficult to load through the doors of a standard boxcar except by hand, a few pieces at a time. Thrall developed the All-Door steel boxcar in 1967 specifically for shipment of wood products. Each car side has a pair of 25 wide doors, permitting bundles of lumber and materials such as plywood to be loaded by forklift. TCAX 20306 was retired in 1995. It was refurbished and donated to IRM by the GE Capital Railcar in 1998, and is operational.”
Photo Date:  7/31/2009  Upload Date: 3/18/2010 2:12:27 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  624   Comments: 0
Thrall #20306
Title:  Thrall #20306
Description:  All-Door demonstrator boxcar
Photo Date:  7/31/2009  Upload Date: 3/18/2010 2:18:18 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  383   Comments: 0
TCAX 20306
Title:  TCAX 20306
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/2011  Upload Date: 6/7/2012 1:12:20 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Neil Stutzman
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Views:  154   Comments: 0
TCAX 20306
Title:  TCAX 20306
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2013  Upload Date: 1/15/2014 5:35:58 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Neil Stutzman
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Views:  294   Comments: 1
Burro Crane and some All-Door Boxcars
Title:  Burro Crane and some All-Door Boxcars
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Photo Date:  9/5/2016  Upload Date: 9/7/2016 2:54:46 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
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Views:  1299   Comments: 0
TCAX 20306
Title:  TCAX 20306
Description:  All door boxcar on display at the IRM
Photo Date:  9/14/2016  Upload Date: 11/7/2016 9:39:02 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  David Balko
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  211   Comments: 0
Chicago & Northwestern 300902
Title:  Chicago & Northwestern 300902
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/29/2019 2:28:16 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Joseph C.
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
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Views:  372   Comments: 0
TCAX All-Door Boxcar 20306
Title:  TCAX All-Door Boxcar 20306
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/2022  Upload Date: 6/24/2022 11:53:49 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Wil Hata
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Views:  95   Comments: 0
Thrall Demonstrator All-Door Boxcar
Title:  Thrall Demonstrator All-Door Boxcar
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/30/2024  Upload Date: 8/5/2024 1:30:18 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
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Views:  24   Comments: 0


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