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HOW MANY 1000s of miles?

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HOW MANY 1000s of miles?
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 12, 2005 9:48 PM
Anyone out their hav any idea on how many miles an average car- freight or passenger rolls over in its life time.

There are cars dating from the 1960's still out and about on our railroads. Image what they've seen over the years.
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Posted by arbfbe on Sunday, June 12, 2005 10:37 PM
I once figured I had about 1.87 million miles to work on the railroad before I could retire. That has since been whittled down to below 700,000 miles. I have not refigured it in a while.

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