Re: Farmington

It is interesting that in several other forums that there are discussions about the inability of railroads to transport highly volatile crude oil today. I have been contending that railroads have been transporting volatile crude for years, but in cars designed for it, not the present tank cars. The newspaper article and the pictures of the tank cars proves my point, as 62 gravity is about as volatile as you can get, but it was safely transported (over the RGS yet) with the proper cars with big expansion domes, and probably relief valves set to reasonable levels.

I am going to use this post someday to prove my point with those who are constantly saying that the rails have NEVER had to transport crude with the same volatility as North Dakota Bakken crude oil. Bakken crude oil is like Gulf Coast crude oils, but both of those are much less volatile that this San Juan 62 gravity stuff.