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How much has oil train traffic grown?

OilTrain“According to the Association of American Railroads, oil shipments by rail jumped from 9,500 carloads in 2008 to 500,000 in 2014, driven by a boom in the Bakken oil patch of North Dakota and Montana, where pipeline limitations force 70 percent of the crude to move by rail.” (Source)

Photo: Pipelines on steel wheels


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