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I'm sure there are people out there far more qualified than me to explain this but since they haven't answered I'll tell you what I know. In general freight service you'll pay x amount to use a car and then pay for the railroad to take the car from your location in Illinois to Texas. Now, if you use these cars enough that you would be using your own almost all the time then it might work out cheaper to invest in your own cars for this dedicated service. However, if you don't use the cars enough to get your full investment out of them in your utilization then it might be cheaper to lease cars since you only use them part of the time. As to owning a railcar as far as I know anyone can own them but the problem is in finding business for the cars you own. I don't believe there is much of a shortage of railcars right now seeing as I've seen brand new cars put directly into storage around here in Ohio. <br />CV2652
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