Repairs are being made to Santa Fe covered hopper No. 315510 in the busy Progress Rail Services car shop at Amarillo, Texas, on June 15, 2012.

Found in BNSF High Priority Merchandise train H-BARPAS7-18, passing through Kansas City on a long detour as it heads from Barstow CA to Pasco WA, is Trinity Industries Leasing Co. 6351 cubic foot ... (more)

When the Lehigh Valley bought C628’s from Alco in 1965, they were delivered in a striking white, black and red paint scheme and were dubbed “snowbirds” by the local fans. Variants of the sno... (more)

A bit of a mishap in Dewey where three derailed cars has taken out the bridge over the Wildcat Slough just west of Dewey Illinois. Crews work to replace the bridge.

Cranemasters work to clear derailed covered sand hoppers. The hoppers broke free from the U.S. Silica plant in Berkley Springs and travelled down the industrial track (to the right in the picture)... (more)

RJ Corman is on-site assisting with rerailing efforts after a derailment on the former C&EI. Tom Golden photo.

Flying a flag that will fall during the year of this photo, a Detroit & Toledo Shore Line covered hopper stands in Toledo, Ohio.

The Backup Move: The conductor on Conrail Shared Assets ME-2 guides the reverse movement of the train on Track 2 of the Northeast Corridor at Metuchen station. Just west of the station, th... (more)

For as long as the eye can see, a cut of brand new Burlington Northern three-bay covered hoppers make their way west on a B&O freight for interchange in Chicago to their owner. Tom Golden photo.

Wonder how the flour and sugar for your bread and Twinkies gets to the bakery? Believe it or not, oftentimes by rail! An airslide hopper with lettering for Hostess products is seen passing throu... (more)

After a cold winter night in Ritzville, Washington, conditions were right for everything to be covered with a thick coat of frost on January 23, 2013. An eastbound BNSF grain empty rolls through t... (more)

A Detroit, Toledo & Ironton PS2 covered hopper rolls through Reading, Pennsylvania.

Fresh from Pullman-Standard’s Butler, Pennsylvania plant, one of a string of Rio Grande covered hoppers rolls through Conrail’s yard in Allentown. I don’t know what routing sent the cars eas... (more)

Employees in the busy Progress Rail Services car shop at Amarillo, Texas, repair Santa Fe covered hopper No. 315510 on June 15, 2012.

Tractor pull!
Three covered hoppers dropped off at the grain elevator at Dexter, Iowa, on the Iowa Interstate Railroad are spotted by a reliable John Deere tractor. No need for a locomo... (more)