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What Happens Next The train, actually a suite of nine railcars that can be hitched to commercial locomotives, will be decommissioned sometime before the current maintenance contract expires in 2027.
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
The grain terminal includes storage capacity for 7.2 million bushels of grain, 200 railcars and 20 barges.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
The liquid asphalt is delivered to the Hudson terminal via railcar and then trucked to other parts of the state.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
Its operations include 20,000 miles of crude oil and NGL pipelines and gathering systems, 170 million barrels of storage capacity, 5,400 crude oil and NGL railcars, and 2,300 trucks and trailers.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
The grain terminal includes storage capacity for 7.2 million bushels of grain, 200 railcars and 20 barges.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
The liquid asphalt is delivered to the Hudson terminal via railcar and then trucked to other parts of the state.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
Its operations include 20,000 miles of crude oil and NGL pipelines and gathering systems, 170 million barrels of storage capacity, 5,400 crude oil and NGL railcars, and 2,300 trucks and trailers.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
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“Railcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railcar. Accessed 13 Aug. 2025.
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railcar
noun
rail·car
-ˌkär 
: a railroad car
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