Boxcars & Freight Cars of North America
This site is intended to provide a resource for railroad freight car images.
There are over 2,500 freight cars documented on this site.

Images are organized alphabetically by the reporting marks.  For example, Cotton Belt cars are under SSW.  SSW is the reporting mark that is found on these cars which were owned by the Saint Louis and Southwestern Rail Road aka Cotton Belt. To purchase CDs with original size images click the "Buy Now" button (Paypal) or to make a contribution click the Donate button and enter the ammount you intend to donate:
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Use the Google search window below to search this site. This Google search will only search this site. Some images may be located in a page after the one indicated by Google. This is because the site is frequently updated and Google is not. 
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All material on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons License .   See the link for more information. It is possible and permitted for anyone to use the material on this site in any way so long as the terms in the above license are followed.  In this way my work and the work of my contributors can be of lasting usefullness. Most material on this site requires only that the original author be credited. Of course all material on this site has as far as I can determine the orignal authors name embedded in the image.

I reserve the right to sell any images on this site in digital form. All images will be sold under Creative Commons License. The purpose of sales is to help cover the cost of running this web site. If you would like to obtain a CD containing all images of this site at various sizes including the the largest scan sizes that will fit on one CD please contact me via the link above. The current price is $20 for a CD, shipping included. I will also consider useful sponsorship if it is offered. I might accept sponsorship from a Model Railroading supplier, or a magazine. Such sponsorship will be kept non intrusive and should be relevant to the topic of railroad freight cars. Manufacturers might send new product information and photos to display on the site.
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