ISSUE: In terms of freight car types, the North American covered hopper car interchange fleet, at 570,000 units, is the ...

Travel, train hopper-style. "Some trains are bad, like the ones that carry cars, the auto wrecks — there's nowhere to hide on them. Really good ones are hopper cars, also called grainers," he says.

and you’re inside an open train car piled with coal, trees whipping by on either side. “It’s super fun,” says Will, whose GoPro camera captured the action. Will is a train hopper and, despite the ...

A moving train fills the frame of a shaky video. A ladder looms, and hands grip the rungs. A blur of movement, and you're inside an open train car piled with coal, trees whipping by on either side.

Civil War-era hobos hopped trains to find work. Content creators hop trains with their GoPros. Hitching rides on the railroad is an American... A moving train fills the frame of a shaky video.