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Railcar Surplus Burns Away

The Journal of Commerce Magazine - News Story
Scrapping, freight recovery combine to pare down North America’s unused fleet

A large part of North America’s railcar surplus is literally melting away. Enticed by rising scrap metal prices, equipment lessors, railroads and shippers permanently retired nearly a third of parked or underused freight cars over the past year, according


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