The heavily laden train was navigating a significant curve and elevation change west of Chivington when 16 covered hopper ...

The hauling of wood chips necessitated unique rail equipment, especially during the 1960s-70s. This included both specially ...

A 90-year-old, last of its kind coal hopper is getting restored The chunk of steel has survived acid water, a train wreck, a swamp and faults of its own design The B&O Railroad hopper ran with ...

Gravel from an adjacent gravel pit was loaded into these concrete storage bins. Four Big Four railroad hopper cars were ...

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CN reported May 7 it will purchase 1,000 high-capacity hopper cars from TrinityRail, a move that follows 14 consecutive months of record grain hauls as demand continues to grow in Canada and abroad.

Wabtec Corp.’s Wabtec Rail subsidiary in Doncaster, England, has been awarded a $9 million contract to build 24 remote-radio-control High Output Ballast Wagons for Irish Rail for delivery in 2010.