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   Nobody to hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com   
   Re: Oil trains today?   
   07 Mar 16 10:58:50   
   
   From: jock@soccer.com   
      
   On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 20:59:13 -0800 (PST), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   >The freight railroads were 'drowning' in oil from the west going to   
   >refineries in the east.  There were problems with tank cars catching   
   >fire, and pressure to use much sturdier equipment.   
   >   
   >However, the oil boom may have ceased, and oil is now cheap.  Has   
   >this impacted the freight traffic?   
      
      
      
      
   Expand 'Imports/exports & movements' and go down about a dozen items   
   to 'Movements between PAD districts by rail'.   
      
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