This Train is Bound For Glory

Connecting every city and almost ever town across the United States is railways. The rails have seen our nation evolve over the decades. They’ve connected us, given us opportunities, and pathed the way for our story.

During those pioneering years, one car stood out among the rest, almost as important as the locomotive engine itself: the boxcar. Not just because of the versatility for the freight it could carry, but because of the connection with humanity it offered. The typical boxcar doubled as a passenger car for the ticketless. It was even sometimes left behind in those newly founded towns as a shelter or, for others, a home. It provided an escape for those wanting to run from his or her current predicament or a ride to a better life. Often, the boxcar’s walls were a sounding board for a newly penned song or where a life drew its very first and, sometimes, sadly, last breath. The American Boxcar was all of this and more to both early Americans and Immigrants alike.

Our name was borrowed from fellow Okie, Woody Guthrie. The things we found in common were around his artistry, love for this great land and being a champion of the working man. We were a little too late to experience a ride to California on a Boxcar but we believe the opportunity to salvage what we can from these old cars keeps that spirit and love for the rails alive!


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