[1010RD]

I was at a meeting with some RR execs and a RR car leasing agent. He said tankers were a boom. They couldn’t make enough. Was he exaggerating?

[thackney]

I’ve heard they cannot build tanker rail cars fast enough to meet demand.

Tank car boom masks dearth of orders for other rail cars
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/mechanical/article/Tank-car-boom-masks-dearth-of-orders-for-other-rail-cars-8212-analysis-by-Toby-Kolstad—36142

Tank-car orders will jump, but demand for other car types will remain flat or decline in 2013
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_industry_trends/news/Tankcar-orders-will-jump-but-demand-for-other-car-types-will-remain-flat-or-decline-in-2013-Economic-Planning-Associates-says—36000