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Chart suggestion: Tank Cars built and tank cars scrapped

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Chart suggestion: Tank Cars built and tank cars scrapped
Posted by Andrew Falconer on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:13 AM

There are charts in TRAINS each month.

new chart suggestion: Tank Cars built and tank cars retired & scrapped being shown in a monthly graph for the past decade.

There is a great amount of replacement of tank cars.

Old tank cars are retired and scrapped. New tank cars are built frequently.

 A visualization in a chart is something that we have not seen yet.

At the top could be the numbers of all tank cars operating each month.


Thank you.

Andrew Falconer

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:13 AM

Might be able to do that yourself.  That kind of data or similar is usually reported in Railway Age magazine, the AAR statistics, the carbuilders' trade association reports, etc., and/ or their websites.    

Why stop there, though ?  Why not similar charts for coal hoppers, double-stack well cars, multi-level auto-racks, box cars, coil steel cars, refrigerator cars, passenger cars, locomotives, etc., etc., just to name a few ?  Not saying it's a bad idea - just be aware and careful of where and what it could lead to.

- Paul North.  

"This Fascinating Railroad Business" (title of 1943 book by Robert Selph Henry of the AAR)

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