A. Stucki Company Delivers the Benefits of Railroad to the Atlantic Seaboard with Machining & Reconditioning

By Fiona Vernon

Transportation is an important part of a functioning society. It allows for efficient communication, trade, and exchanges that help a civilization thrive. The most commonly known form of transportation is the automobile, since individuals use it on a daily basis to get through their busy lives. Railroad is also a part of people’s daily lives, but it exists in the background. Railcars deliver products to end users with a wide variety of types of freight cars, from autoracks, coil cars and gondolas to well cars and intermodal equipment. Companies rely on the railroad industry’s energy efficiency and capability of handling large loads to run their businesses, along with a plethora of other benefitsA. Stucki Company, based in Pennsylvania, has contributed to the success of the industry for over 100 years and is now comprised of 17 global locations and growing. They are focused on engineering, machining, reconditioning, and manufacturing of railcar parts, repair, and reconditioning. Their foundation rests on the quality of their products from the Atlantic to the Pacific Seaboard.

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A. Stucki Company in Pennsylvania Provides Components & Repair for Every Type of Freight Car

By Fiona Vernon

One of the biggest fascinations that children have is with trains. They are majestic sights as car after car glides past, seemingly coming out of nowhere and disappearing down some mysterious path. As we grow older, the mystery subsides as we learn the significance that railroads have had on the building of our nation by the delivering of products across industries. What is each type of freight car’s purpose? Some are obvious in their names — autoracks, refrigerated boxcars, and coil cars — but what about centerbeams, flatcars, covered and open-top hoppers, tank cars, well cars, and intermodal equipment. Each of these also have their own nicknames in the industry, making it all the more interesting for lay people. Businesses from the East Coast to West Coast can use freight cars to ship just about anything by rail to keep the economy flowing smoothly.

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