grain car

Rail cereal transporter

A grain car is a railroad freight car designed specifically for transporting bulk grain.

These hopper cars have covered tops to protect cargo from weather and bottom-discharge gates for unloading at grain elevators or processing facilities.

The harvest season means long trains of grain cars heading to port terminals.

Related

corn · amber waves · harvest · harvest season · silo · elevator · locomotive · tracks · freight yard · cargo · bulk · prairie · Great Plains · hauling · railyard · covered · loading · unloading

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Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G