Broadway Railroad Crossing 2 (Mechanicville, NY)

[douro20]

Interesting that they transport those cars linked together like that. Do you know what they had in them?

[weatherdan882002]

@douro20 No. It'd be interesting to know though.

[NickyVeee]

@douro20 That particular type of train is referred to as an "Oil Can" train. Its sole purpose is moving large amounts of crude oil across states, or even across the country. Basically the cars are regular tanker cars but are designed to be interconnected to siphon oil out of the whole set of tankers through one continuous line, instead of unloading from each tanker one at a time. Makes the process much more efficient. Hope this helps!

[weatherdan882002]

@NickyVeee That is interesting!