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Tim, <br />Storing itself usually is not very expensive. Obviously, if your own cars are stored on your own line, storage is minimal. The real cost would be to prepare the cars for movement. Mechanical inspections, repairs, etc. Then there's the cost of digging them out. Are cars stored is a remote siding? These are the kinds of questions you would have to ask. We've had cars stored so long that you couldn't find them in the summer because of kudzu growth. <br />If the stored cars were especially designed for your movement, then the railroad may find it more advantageous to go and get the number needed. Except for moving cars around to find a good one, and that may not be necessary, only the cars needed would be moved. <br />Probably, though, the railroad would use whatever was needed from the existing active equipment. If they could load a foreign empty back to home rails, they would probably do that. <br />Does that answer your question? gdc
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