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[quote user="jeaton"][quote user="futuremodal"][quote user="mudchicken"] <p>Supply & Demand is now outlawed?</p><p>Should the AAR beancounters bill the grain handlers for storing the cars the other 11 months of the year just so they can have special priviledged car handling. Revoke the Elkins Act? Oh my....</p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Storing grain cars 11 months out of the year?</p><p>Holy cow, I'd think that one who works trackside on a daily basis would actually watch the passing action once in a while. Grain moves 12 months a year, and the only grain cars being stored are those slated for repairs.</p><p>[/quote] </p><p>It is really great to know that all elevators-large and small-ship the same number of cars every week of the year. Must be due to the fact that the US harvest for grain, corn and beans is now evenly spread through the year. Aren't genetics wonderful? Now if we could only get rid of the year to year flucuations in production...</p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Liberals...........<span class="smiley">[sigh]</span></p><p>I didn't say grain moves in an equal number of carloads year round, I just said grain moves year round.......</p><p>I know, I'll pull a "Jeaton" in reference to Mudchicken's post....</p><p>(ahem...)</p><p>It is really great to know that all elevators-large and small-ship the same number of cars for four weeks out of the year and store them the other 11 months. Must be due to the fact that the US shipments of grain, corn and beans is now concentrated during one month of the year and one month only. Aren't genetics wonderful? Now if we could only get rid of the year to year flucuations in production...</p><p> </p><p><span class="smiley">[:D]</span></p>
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