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Western Railroad Discussion > Oil cans in AuburnDate: 11/18/12 22:02 Oil cans in Auburn Author: Auburn_Ed I have never seen a unit oil train (or something in tank cars) on the BNSF Seattle Sub until tonight. (That doesn't mean there has never been one, just that I have not seen one). Anyway, there was one facing north in the yard at Auburn tonight. Something special? Supplementing a pipeline? Anyone know?
Ed Date: 11/18/12 22:05 Re: Oil cans in Auburn Author: NWRailfan Most likely one of the now normal trains to Fidalgo going to Tesoro's refinery
Date: 11/18/12 22:20 Re: Oil cans in Auburn Author: Auburn_Ed Thank you. I researched Tesoro and find that, starting back on September 4, 2012, they are receiving unit oil trains on Fidalgo Island, from the Bakken Oil Fields. Up to 50,000 barrels a day will be shipped to them, I suppose along the water level Columbia River and north from Vancouver. Something new and interesting to photo.
Didn't seem to create the public outcry that grain terminals did. Ed Date: 11/19/12 10:14 Re: Oil cans in Auburn Author: TCnR A friend in Idaho says he sees a few of these every 24 hours, maybe he's meaning loads/mt's and yesterdays catching up with tomorrows, or something like that. Sounds like they go by way of Stevens Pass.
Also explained that the price of gas is $3.25 in the Seattle area. Date: 11/19/12 19:52 Re: Oil cans in Auburn Author: WOPRJim Auburn_Ed Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > > Didn't seem to create the public outcry that grain > terminals did. > > Ed And yet, which of these three - grain, coal, or oil, do you suppose would make a BIGGER/WORSE environmental mess in it derailed and spilled? LOL. Jim Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/19/12 19:53 by WOPRJim. |