Railbox

{{Short description|American owner of boxcars}}

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| logo = Any Load - Any Road - TTX Logo.svg

| logo_alt = Railbox's "Next Load, Any Road" logo

| image = Boxcar railbox.jpg

| alt = A yellow boxcar with a Railbox logo painted in black

| caption = A Railbox XAF20B class boxcar in the 1996 paint scheme

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| parent_company = TTX Company

| headquarters = Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

| marks = ABOX, FBOX, RBOX, TBOX, TOBX

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| start_year = {{Start date|1974}}

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Railbox Company {{reporting marks|ABOX|FBOX|RBOX|TBOX}}, founded in 1974, is a North American boxcar pooling company, and a subsidiary of the North Carolina–based TTX Company.{{cite book |first=Jim |last=Boyd |title=The American Freight Train |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cLUkqc18yFcC&pg=PA104 |date=2001 |publisher=MBI Publishing |isbn=978-0-7603-0833-2 |page=104 }} It was created to address a boxcar shortage in the United States in the 1970s.

The concept behind Railbox, as evidenced by the slogan, "Next Load, Any Road" was, because Railbox was jointly owned by many of the railroads as a privately owned cooperative, these boxcars were not subject to load/empty rules. Railbox cars could be assigned for service on any railroad in Canada, Mexico and the United States on lines where an AAR Plate-C loading gauge is permitted. Railbox purchased boxcars from many manufacturers, including American Car and Foundry Company, FMC Corporation, and Pullman-Standard (P-S).