"Forty years ago, in September 1983, Southern Pacific launched a new service to haul crude oil from well sites in central California to a refinery south of Los Angeles. Some called it a “pipeline on rails.” Others referred to it as “the Oil Cans.” They were unit trains of nearly 80 cars loaded with petroleum..." (Railway Age, 2023)
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Railway Age. (2023, Apr 10th) Water By Rail a No-Go for Now. Retrieved from Railway Age: https://www.railwayage.com/freight/water-by-rail-a-no-go-for-now/
Published on April 11, 2023