Here is a link to the [URL="http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/52-001-x/52-001-x2013012-eng.htm"]StatsCan railway Carloadings survey[/URL]. Look at table number 3 and 6 located <a href="http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/52-001-x/2013012/part-partie2-eng.htm">here</a>.
Oil by rail in western Canada was up over 4 million tonnes from 2012 to 2013, grain was down about 2.5 million tonnes. If anyone tries to tell you oil is not displacing grain on the railways, punch them once for me.
Oil by rail in western Canada was up over 4 million tonnes from 2012 to 2013, grain was down about 2.5 million tonnes. If anyone tries to tell you oil is not displacing grain on the railways, punch them once for me.