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1.59M January 2023, +600K from January 2022
$595B Q4 2023, +$29B from Q4 2022
$5.97B February 2023, +$950M from February 2022
1.07M June 2024, +160K from February 2023
2.63B September 2023, +6B from Dec. 2022
246M December 2022, +25M from December 2021

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Railroad Industry Continues Making Progress Converting Tank Cars to Safer Standards

•The number of DOT-117 and DOT-117R tank cars as part of the fleet transporting Class 3 flammable liquids continued to increase in 2024, from 67 percent (68,013 tank cars) in 2023 to 73 percent (73,757 tank cars) in 2024. •Almost all crude and ethanol were carried by DOT-117 or DOT-117R tank cars. This included 9,983 DOT-117/DOT-117R tank cars carrying crude and 36,958 carrying ethanol. Only 130 jacketed (a layer of thermal insulation) CPC-1232 tank cars carried crude, and 18 jacketed CPC-1232