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Sandy Stillman The property was recently purchased to become a new apartment complex, but the community was bound and determined to save the railcar restaurant — a neighborhood staple for decades.
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Naomi Ruchim, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
Traffic stopped on Tremont Street in downtown Boston early Tuesday morning as a 12-ton historic railcar was lifted over a hundred feet into the city’s future Holocaust Museum, an artifact donated by the family of a survivor and personal reminder of the tragic chapter for Bostonians to look up at.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
Now the railroad is going to partner with Youngstown State to build and operate the training center to help prepare first responders to deal with the unique challenges of a train derailment that can spill hazardous chemicals being carried in railcars.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
Large power transformers often weigh between 100 tons and 400 tons and require specialized transport – sometimes needing one of only about 10 suitable super-heavy-load railcars in the country.
—Kyri Baker, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
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Naomi Ruchim, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
Traffic stopped on Tremont Street in downtown Boston early Tuesday morning as a 12-ton historic railcar was lifted over a hundred feet into the city’s future Holocaust Museum, an artifact donated by the family of a survivor and personal reminder of the tragic chapter for Bostonians to look up at.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
Now the railroad is going to partner with Youngstown State to build and operate the training center to help prepare first responders to deal with the unique challenges of a train derailment that can spill hazardous chemicals being carried in railcars.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
Large power transformers often weigh between 100 tons and 400 tons and require specialized transport – sometimes needing one of only about 10 suitable super-heavy-load railcars in the country.
—Kyri Baker, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Railcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railcar. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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railcar
noun
rail·car
-ˌkär 
: a railroad car
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