Re: Freight Car Statistics (UNCLASSIFIED)
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Armand,
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Seems you have a wrong number somewhere. In 1953 the total number of tanks cars was 172301. Hard to believe that 164,000 tank cars were built in 6 years. Rich Orr
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From: A. Premo <armprem2@...> To: STMFC@... Sent: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 12:30 pm Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Freight Car Statistics (UNCLASSIFIED) Elden,I am using the car totals as presented for 1947.If I have correctly read the information the national tank car total, as given ,was only some 8531 cars with which I am having some difficulty accepting.Please correct me if I am misreading those figures.Armand Premo ----- Original Message ----- From: Gatwood, Elden SAW To: STMFC@... Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:59 AM Subject: RE: [STMFC] Re: Freight Car Statistics (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE And there were boatloads of tank cars around the major chemical producers and petro-chemical user areas, such as portions of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and such, and which also then differed from the more "common" oil-producer fleets. With all the small gasoline distributors, and later LPG wheelers in the mid-west and west, it would be hard to imagine a layout on which tank cars were not in evidence. Elden Gatwood -----Original Message----- From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Richard Hendrickson Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:50 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Freight Car Statistics On Jan 26, 2011, at 8:09 AM, A. Premo wrote: > David,Going even further using this data one can come up with the % of > each car type in relation to the total car fleet of a given period > (year).After perusing the information tank cars represent a minuscule > percentage of the total car fleet.Armand Premo Yes but, once again, Armand, one has to think in terms of the region being modeled. Tank cars were all over the place in the oil- producing and oil consuming regions of the southwest and far west, much less so where coal was the major industrial and heating fuel. In addition, western railroads like the SP and Santa Fe had substantial fleets of tank cars in mostly captive service hauling locomotive fuel. Richard Hendrickson Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2804 - Release Date: 04/11/10 06:32:00 ____________________________________________________________ Obama Urges Homeowners to Refinance If you owe under $729k you probably qualify for Obama's Refi Program http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4d405a28a4f1e5f67est02duc ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/ Individual Email | Traditional http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/join (Yahoo! ID required) STMFC-digest@... STMFC-fullfeatured@... STMFC-unsubscribe@... http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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