Oops! Someone needs to inform the switching crew that you can't slam covered hoppers together at excessive speeds. Here, Rj Corman prepares to rerail the car and crews work under the rear axle. In... (more)

How many covered hoppers do you see in this photo? I count seven, 4 of which are on the ground and 3 more placed on the roof of this now defunct dog food facility along the Sunflour Railroad's mai... (more)

Oops

WSOR put 14 cars on the ground, no injuries, no hazmat (although a hazmat load had been set out at the previous town). These BSEX (Doh!) hoppers are for Badger State Ethanol in Monroe, WI and are... (more)

Derailment at MP 25

A 110-car loaded unit soybean train from Breckenridge, MN to Seattle, WA derailed 20 cars today just west of McKenzie, closing the heavily used Jamestown sub. The cause of this derailment was foun... (more)

Just whose railroad is this? An old sign from the Illinois Central days is barely hanging on as the blur of a Canadian National covered hopper wisks by in the early morning hours of an otherwise q... (more)

Close UP of inside of destroyed hopper. Note that you are looking at inside of top of car from destroyed bottom. Note pellets pristene enviroment inside cars. Can be no contamination