<kuid:101046:104288> Boxcar Waffle P-S ACF 50' D&H DES

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Waffle side boxcar as produced by Pullman-Standard or American Car & Foundry, 50 ft. lettered for Delaware & Hudson Railroad. Provided with ARN.

Thep Delaware and Hudson Railway (reporting mark DH) is a railroad that operates in the northeastern United States that has been since 1991 owned and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway under the rail subsidiary Soo Line Corporation also controls the Soo Line Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited.

The name itself originates from the 1823 New York state corporation charter listing the unusual name of --The President, Managers and Company of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.-- authorizing an establishment of --water communication-- between the Delaware River and the Hudson River.

Nicknamed --The Bridge Line to New England and Canada,-- the D&H helped connect New York with Montreal, Quebec and New England. It called itself --North America's oldest continually operated transportation company.-- In 1991, after more than 150 years as an independent railroad, the D&H was purchased by Canadian Pacific Railway (CP).

On September 19, 2015, Norfolk Southern Railway commenced acquisition of Delaware & Hudson's --South Line--, the 282 miles from Schenectady, New York to Sunbury, Pennsylvania from CP. The Delaware & Hudson --South Line-- is a rail route that now consists of two rail lines, the Sunbury Line and the Freight Line; the Sunbury Line absorbed the Nicholson Cutoff during that rail line's history.

Waffle-Side Boxcar History:

Railroads and industries they served were looking for a quicker way, more cost effiecient way to load box cars - or more specifically to secure the loads inside. Normal box cars required extra labor using various devices inside the cars to secure loads. The Waffle style box car was a result of stronger, better steel... the waffle indentations made for much easier securing of loads inside the car. This was a big advantage to the automotive industry. Wrapped and secured pallets could be fork lifted into the box cars and then more easily secured to prevent damage. This was the motivation behind the development of the waffle side box car. Most of them were at least 50 feet in length.