A system and method for handling and transporting moist bulk grain
by-products include a rail car having an aluminum car body carried by a
plurality of trucks for engaging rails. A flexible top cover, supported
by a plurality of breakaway curved ribs, is positioned over an open top
of the rail car to protect the moist bulk grain by-products carried
therein. The car body has a front end and a rear end each having a wind
screen for spoiling or deflecting the flow of air over the car as it
moves to prevent the flexible top cover from being lost or damaged. The
car may be emptied by a car inverter over a conveyor, such as a
reciprocating floor which carries the moist grain by-products to a mixer,
or transportation vehicles for distribution to customers or users of the
grain by-products.