By Brian Cross, The Western Producer, August 16, 2016
The amount of maintenance needed to keep Canada’s aging fleet of grain hopper cars in service is increasing.
According to a recently released federal report, the number of hopper cars requiring repair rose dramatically between December 2014 and December 2015.
In December 2015, the number of so-called “bad order” cars requiring heavy maintenance was listed at more than 800, says the 2015 Government of Canada Hopper Car Report.
