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    Oats are too light to be moved by rail and have to be transported how?

    Yes, oats do move by rail, but volume wise its very little. In the last year I can only think of two or three carloads that my employer has dealt with. All of them went to a General Mills mill in Minnesota.
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    Where do covered hopper cars filled with grain go to anyway and what happens to them?

    It all depends on the type of grain. Some commodities are heavily exported, while others tend to stay in the U.S. I work in the rail transportation department for one of the largest grain companies in the U.S., so I see on a daily basis where a lot of this stuff goes. The big three...
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