This car is noted as being the first all aluminum open top hopper built in the United States by Alcoa in 1931. It was the prototype car and is lettered Monon to reflect the heritage of the rail li... (more)
Two things Indiana is known for - corn and the Monon. Monon had a number of dual-purpose boxcars (boppers) designed with covered hopper-like loading hatches on the top for agricultural products. C... (more)
One of BNSF's "heritage fleet" of covered hoppers rests fittingly at a former Northern Pacific yard in Duluth. A number of hoppers are adorned with logos of BNSF predecessor railroads fo... (more)
In my first trip across the USA, i saw in the Horseshoe Curve the especial train of Norfolk Southern. Export GE locomotives for Transnet (South Africa) passing throught the Horseshoe Curve. More i... (more)