Covered hopper cars on a spur siding. Mc.Cook Illinois USA. January 2007.

I took this photo one morning on My way to work, back in January of 2007. These 54 Foot 4 bay covered hopper cars, were sitting on an industrial siding alongside the BNSF Railway mainline. These cars were sitting outside waiting between assignments on a bitter blustery cold day. One of the cars, has become a victim of the ugly side of urban railroading, that being grafitti tagged with spray paint. An unfortunate and very common sight on America's trains today.