METCA offers an MTH custom-run 4-Bay Hopper as part of the RailKing line. The cars feature O-27 operation and Jack Daniel’s ...

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.

I model the Western ... at the different cars I built. If you have access to a 3-D printer, the files are available on Cults3D. Read about the 3-D printed Vanderbilt hopper car I made.

Civil War-era hobos hopped trains to find work. Content creators hop trains with their GoPros. Hitching rides on the railroad is an American tradition.