On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Gerhard Postpischil <gerh...@valley.net> wrote: > On 9/2/2012 9:07 PM, Linda wrote: >> >> Sounds like a good theory. Or maybe it got loaded onto a freight train. >> Wonder how many tank cars it would take.... > > The smallest tank cars hold 4000 gallons; typical ones about 10000. FRA > rules for modern tank cars are "must not exceed 34,500 gallons capacity or > 263,000 pounds gross weight on rail." So a million pounds would take > considerably less than the 200 trucks. > > Gerhard Postpischil > Bradford, VT > Yep. 1 million pounds would be 4 max frieght cars, probably 5 cars. So the 10 million pounds would be 40-50 frieght cars, about half a train. Or 10% of 5 different trains.
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