Conductor "Turkey" rides along as he backs A746 into the middle track to pick up some loaded covered hoppers in downtown Opelika.
An old Illinois Central Gulf hopper that seems to be in the same place place I saw it a year earlier in CN's South Yard at McComb,... (more)
One of a kind painted for the new Railroad Education Development Institute at CSX Tilford Yard.
This is one of several coal cars that derailed in Memphis Sunday morning.
The markings on this RDG hopper, still in regular service, are holding up well almost a decade into Conrail.
An old hopper car I noticed as we slowed for McComb while travelling on Amtrak.
It's not a flat car but a hopper car, 1908 style.
What a surprise to see this car with old CP lettering of the 50's. They surely forgot to repaint this unit mfg in 1953.