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Re:RE: (erielack) Shortage Of Railroad Cars For Hauling Frac

And who was it that told me that freight car construction was off-topic?

How far off topic can you get?

Randy Brown
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Point of order Gentlemen: 

Fracking is short for Hydraulic Fracturing of rock [which uses fluids and sand together under pressure]. 

Fractioning = dividing into fractions, as fractioning of crude petroleum in a distillation column. 

Rich Chapin

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From: Paul R. Tupaczewski [mailto:paultup_@_comcast.net]  Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 8:59 AM
To: 'EL Mail List'
Subject: RE: (erielack) Shortage Of Railroad Cars For Hauling Fracking

> BTW, with a pre '76 mindset, what the heck is "fracking?"
> 
> Schuyler


"Fracking" is short for "fractioning", wherein either chemicals or sand injected at extremely high pressure is used to break up gas-bearing rock (in this case, shale) to extract natural gas.

    - Paul



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