Wheels are a rollin’ on a westbound grain train approaching Paradise, Montana, on MRL’s Fourth Subdivision on May 3, 2012.

With a hand brake being applied, two covered hoppers are about to come to a stop on the Hobbs Island Road crossing at the very south end of the Huntsville and Madison County Railroad. The covered ... (more)

A Southern Pacific covered hopper awaits departure from North Yard in Salt Lake City for Ogden on July 30, 2016.

The famous Missouri Pacific "screaming eagle" logo, as seen on the side of a covered hopper on a UP grain train earlier this week.

The type E couplers of two covered hoppers are held tight against each other as they roll through the gooseneck. From this vantage point it’s easy to see the spacious flat space provided at the... (more)

One of the crew members stands by as a set of cars are shoved back to hook up with CGLX 1382. They were busy moving cars around in the GATX Rail facility in Colton, CA when I stopped by after my ... (more)

A nifty Rio Grande covered hopper, built in June 1962, awaits service stored in the Riverton House Track on Dec. 14, 1985.

The Rock Lives! Buried deep in the Lange-Stegmann Company grain facility in Saint Louis, Missouri, on October 3rd, 2014, was a real "WABAC Machine" moment - a string with eight (ex) Rock Is... (more)

Looks like a few grain hoppers had enough for the day.

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.

BNSF covered hopper 486868 is adorned with a Colorado & Southern emblem as part of BNSF's Legacy fleet.

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)