To show switching crews as well as shippers and customers how damaging coupling impacts at higher speeds can be, Canadian National rebuilt a 40-ft. box car with plexiglass and equipped with a big ... (more)

Highlighted by the setting sun is the brakewheel of Montana Rail Link boxcar No. 100982 sitting at Toston, Montana, on September 30, 2013. When there isn’t a train in sight, sometimes it’s fun... (more)

An Erie Lackawanna employee brings a complete freight car truck set away from a derailment in Hammond. You can notice that one end of the ACL boxcar is suspended in the air by an EL crane while t... (more)

Intended to serve perishables business with Amtrak’s help as stated on their website, “ExpressTrak is a new concept in transportation. Combining the flexibility of truck transport, the economy... (more)

Built in 1934 at the Bessemer shops of Pullman Standard, this B6 boxcar based on the American Railroad Association design and is notable for being the first all steel 40 foot boxcar built for the ... (more)

Go big or go home I have always loved the old school BLE logo never would i ever guess that i would see one. This old boxcar has been covered as a storge shed in the BLE Butler yard. Taken with Pe... (more)

Brand New
A three pack of newly assembled TTX boxcars from the Gunderson Concarril plant in Mexico built in June of 2013 make what is most likely their first run into the Centennial S... (more)

BNSF’s all seeing eye
An interesting tag finds itself on the side of a BNSF beer car as it heads to North Yard for interchange with NS.

I wonder how many tons of freight this car has carried over the years.

The Conrail log on this boxcar is starting to fade after years of use.

After a 34 year life on the railroad, the colorful aspects of this Railbox logo and slogan have faded away leaving behind their outline and original colors applied just down the road at the Pullma... (more)

After working an industrial area along the Cooper River, a switch crew heads along a litter-strewn branch back to Bennett Yard.

Oops
It appears that the locking mechanism on this Railbox has broken in transit and allows for the car’s lading to be seen, which appears to be rolls of paper.

The Wisconsin Central badge makes a visit to the Deep South as it awaits classification at the CSX’s Tilford Yard.

While the dominance of 40’ boxcars came to an end during the 1950s with the creation of the standard 50’ boxcar for general merchandise traffic, some 40 footers like this beauty from the Ameri... (more)