A former Grainbelt covered hopper damaged in a derailment several years ago now serves as an overhead feed bin on a farm West of Ringwood, OK. A closer inspection of what seems to be an otherwis... (more)
The crew works late into the night to clear a derailment in the WSOR yard in Janesville out front of the roundhouse. The covered hopper is SOU 92397 and was loaded with sand.
Once a common site, the CNW 49 series covered hoppers are now few and far between. Most have been repainted into UP paint, but still retain its original CNW number.
An MWCX covered hopper car derailed on UP's MNYRO 23 on Christmas Eve in Provo, Utah. Crews quickly removed it from the right of way so Amtrak's California Zephyr could pass through on its way fro... (more)