CN is taking delivery on 600 new 1,150-cubic-foot iron ore hopper cars, colloquially called “jennies,” from FreightCar America. The new equipment, described as “a significant upgrade to CN’s fleet,” ...
An amazing visual sign of our times dominates the CRANDIC railroad line between Cedar Rapids and North Liberty. Iowa Highway 965 drivers have noted hundreds of coal hopper cars and ethanol tanker cars ...
On Oct. 15, 2023, about 3:24 p.m. local time, southbound BNSF train C-ATMCRD0-31D derailed 31 hopper cars loaded with coal and subsequently killed a nearby driver in Pueblo, Colo. (see Figure 1, above ...
JACKSON, Mo. (KFVS) - Patriot Rail donated four vintage railroad freight cars to St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway in Jackson. However, the cars are currently in Mississippi, so a fundraiser ...