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A freight car comprises an elongated frame supported on undercarriages, an elongated box for holding bulk material, the box being mounted on the frame and having a bottom and an open top, an elongated conveyor at the bottom of the box for transporting the bulk material in a conveying direction, the conveyor having an input at one end of the box and an output at a box end opposite to the one end, and a transfer conveyor extending in the conveying direction and arranged to receive the transported bulk material from the output of the conveyor, the transfer conveyor having a free end projecting beyond the opposite box end. A centering device is arranged at the one box end transversely displaceably with respect to the elongated frame and transfer conveyor, the free end of a transfer conveyor of a like freight car coupled to the frame at the one box end being detachably connectable to the centering device, and a remote-controlled drive is provided for transversely displacing the centering device.
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