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The photo at the top of the article reminded me of a sight in northern New York, and apparently being duplicated in many parts of the country: Tens of thousands
by ilamont 8y ago
The photo at the top of the article reminded me of a sight in northern New York, and apparently being duplicated in many parts of the country: Tens of thousands of obsolete and unneeded tanker cars sitting idle on rural sidings and unused lines:
https://www.npr.org/2015/09/14/440173575/what-to-do-with-railroad-tank-cars-that-are-no-longer-safe-or-economical https://www.npr.org/2015/09/14/440173575/what-to-do-with-rai...
The collection I saw last year next to Route 12 in New York was at least 10 miles long, and there is another one in the Adirondacks. It's an eyesore to say the least ... possibly a pending environmental hazard. If there's a declining need for oil to be transported around the country on trains, and the cars are expensive to recycle or transform, what will happen to them?
- mrunkel 8y agoLikely the same thing that happened to all the mills throughout the rust belt. They'll get abandoned. The pessimist in me says that they'll get sold to a new corporate entity which will then file for bankruptcy and the government at some level will need to clean it up.