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jschurchin

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2. They aren't shipped that way.

Reply to Demeter (Reply #1)

Thu May 8, 2014, 04:05 PM

May 2014

They are shipped in trains of a minimum of 85 cars. Anything less is not financially viable. The vast majority of them are in consists of between 102 and 120 cars.
The oil trains are dedicated. In other words, they are built and stay that way for the duration.
Take my word for this, I do it for a living.

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