Converted Boxcar "Lead Sled" NS Container on Belly

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Title: Converted Boxcar "Lead Sled" NS Container on Belly: Boxcar converted to Intermodal Service
Creator(s): Robert Yates
Date: 1984
Content Type: collection
Description: A boxcar converted to Intermodal Service know as "lead sleds" due to their heavy tare weight. NS car carrying a container on its belly. Some railroads converted boxcars in times of severe car shortages must to the chagrin of other railroads that understood the economics.
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Classification: Robert Yates Intermodal Collection at the Southern Pacific Railroad Historical Collection
Owner: John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library