A hopper railroad car top hatch cover assembly including a hatch cover and a hatch cover securer configured to secure the hatch cover in a closed position engaging a coaming of the hopper railroad car.

A hopper railroad car top hatch cover assembly including a hatch cover and a hatch cover securer configured to secure the hatch cover in a closed position engaging a coaming of the hopper railroad car.

An imaging unit is provided and placed in an access opening of a storage container of a transport vehicle, where the imaging unit includes a mounting assembly including an upper member and a mounting arm extending from the upper member, the upper member configured to rotate the mounting arm about a longitudinal axis and a camera unit rotatably attached to the mounting arm and configured to rotate about a lateral axis that is transverse to the longitudinal axis, where the camera unit is rotated about the longitudinal axis and the lateral axis to a designated position within the storage container and takes at least one image of the inner surfaces of the storage container.

An imaging unit is provided and placed in an access opening of a storage container of a transport vehicle, where the imaging unit includes a mounting assembly including an upper member and a mounting arm extending from the upper member, the upper member configured to rotate the mounting arm about a longitudinal axis and a camera unit rotatably attached to the mounting arm and configured to rotate about a lateral axis that is transverse to the longitudinal axis, where the camera unit is rotated about the longitudinal axis and the lateral axis to a designated position within the storage container and takes at least one image of the inner surfaces of the storage container.