ALASKA OIL...BY RAIL

Alaskan oil supplies will soon be building up on the U.S. West Coast and the railways, through a tank-train concept developed by GATX, will be moving this oil to central U.S. states. The choice of a "moving pipeline" provides an economical and environmentally safe means of moving the crude oil.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/4175009
• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 71-72
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight trains; Petroleum industry; Tank cars; Transportation
• Identifier Terms: Alaska North Slope oil
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil transportation; Tank trains
• Subject Areas: Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153059
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM