This I would say has got to be the oldest piece of equipment BNSF owned and used. An old ATSF ice hatch reefer built in 1923 which was last used as a buffer car on a welded rail train. All of the ... (more)
A very rare visitor to Minnesota's Iron Range and today there were four of them. A quad set of Ferromex GE's charge east at Wilpen, MN with 120 cars for loading at United Taconite's Fairlane pla... (more)
This is EXX-3001 at sunrise, the first of three built by RRL Grindrod South Africa in Pretoria, for the Exxaro Mining Group, based in South Africa. They are to be used in the group's iron ore oper... (more)
Why are unit train coal hopper cars painted a color on one end? The color itself has no significance. The end with a color denotes that end of the car has a rotary coupler, to enable the car t... (more)