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Unit ethonal trains labled as Grain trains in CAL server

Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 2:28 pm
by cnwfan
Noted a train yesterday labeled with a grain train when clearly it was a ethanol , please double check this and re label accordingly thanks!

Re: Unit ethonal trains labled as Grain trains in CAL server

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 3:41 am
by David
Any idea what the tag was or where it spawned?

Re: Unit ethonal trains labled as Grain trains in CAL server

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:06 pm
by cnwfan
I think it was a ABEMOD train.

Re: Unit ethonal trains labled as Grain trains in CAL server

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:03 am
by cbff33
If you look online at BNSF train lists, you will see both ethanol trains listed under grain and unit oil trains. There are grain crops specifically grown for the production of ethanol, and I would guess that you are seeing ethanol grain being transported to various sea ports, as it would be easier and far less paperwork to transport ethanol grain, over a volatile and refined finished product of ethanol. So I do not believe what you were seeing is wrong.

Re: Unit ethonal trains labled as Grain trains in CAL server

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:12 am
by conductor_cronk
The BNSF does run ethanol trains under the "G" symbols. It just depends on service demands and how local management decides to symbol the train. For instance the unit ethanol train that leaves Galva, Illinois and runs to Birmingham, AL often times runs as a G-GLVBIR and back as a X-BIRGLV.