[nascarnation]

Farmers around here (Indiana) are way behind on shipping harvest due to crude hogging the available shipping slots.
I assume it’s a bull market for railroads.

[railroader]

Farmers around here (Indiana) are way behind on shipping harvest due to crude hogging the available shipping slots. I assume it’s a bull market for railroads.

What people don't realize is that even oil trains sit on sidings, and mainlines, for hours, or even days. Railroads failed to hire sufficient train crews.

I suspect they didn't want to go on a hiring binge or spend billions on capacity improvements only to have the traffic dry up if and when the price of oil collapses and fracking declined.