well, walrus, i was all set to ridicule you since there were so many of them sitting idly in the middle of corn country 200 miles from our southern indiana coal fields, but just to humor i looked at the coal cars.

they are identical to the rotary aluminum coal car on the site you mentioned. is it possible they use them for grain too? or is it just where they have decided to store them?

tom w

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