A boxcar is a freight car which is used for storing general merchandise goods for shipping long distance or for local, private customers. Various commodities or goods such as paper rolls, autoparts, and (in some cases) refridgerated goods. Other forms of boxcars include livestock cars, reefers (refridgerated boxcars), and bunk cars. In other dialects, they are referred to as box wagons, box vans, goods vans, and etc. The boxcar has always been regarded as the workhorse of the freight car fleet.