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Tank Car Facts

-Overall, there are 335,000 tank cars in the active fleet (pressure and non-pressure)

-228,000 of these tank cars are DOT-111s, which are non-pressure tank cars designed to carry a wide range of products including hazardous and non-hazardous materials.

-Today, roughly 92,000 DOT-111 tank cars are used to move flammable liquids, such as crude and ethanol, with approximately 14,000 of those tank cars built to the latest industry safety standards.

-Railroads generally do not own tank cars, with the vast majority of tank cars owned or leased by rail customers that use cars built to suit the products they need to transport.

AAR Railroad Tank Cars Fact Sheet