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Re: ...and if there is war in the Persian Gulf...
Author: Bruce Kelly
Date: 02-06-2012 - 21:42

The Inland Northwest supposedly gets a chunk of its gas from Billings via MRL's Gas Local and the Yellowstone Pipeline. It's usually a quarter or so cheaper per gallon at key stations in north Idaho near I-90 than in neighboring Spokane, hence the regular border-hopping filler-uppers.

I still remember the last big price surge, September 2005, when my son and I took off on a Friday afternoon into eastern Washington. Bagged some nice sweet light BNSF action between Wilson Creek and Adrian, then rolled into Ephrata after dark to see Amtrak and gas up. Price at the pump was somewhere north of $4.00. Easily a buck more than back home at the time. Thank goodness we had a PCC job to follow back east the next morning on the CW line, grabbing hoppers along the way, to help make the fortune in fuel seem like money well spent.

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  May be good new for RRs, bad news for us... SP5103 02-06-2012 - 18:12
  Re: May be good new for RRs, bad news for us... AmtrakFan454 02-06-2012 - 19:45
  ...and if there is war in the Persian Gulf... Pdxrailtransit 02-06-2012 - 20:06
  Re: ...and if there is war in the Persian Gulf... Erik H. 02-06-2012 - 20:44
  Re: ...and if there is war in the Persian Gulf... Bruce Kelly 02-06-2012 - 21:42
  Re: ...and if there is war in the Persian Gulf... Hayden 02-06-2012 - 22:27
  And good news for the environment and future society Marty Bernard 02-06-2012 - 22:56
  Re: And good news for the environment and future society SP5103 02-06-2012 - 23:28
  Good news for SMART & NWP Capdiamont 02-07-2012 - 11:22
  Re: Good news for SMART & NWP mook 02-07-2012 - 17:38
  Re: Good news for SMART & NWP Capdiamont 02-07-2012 - 22:29
  Re: Good news for SMART & NWP Railfan FARMER, not foamer 02-09-2012 - 02:26
  Re: Good news for SMART & NWP Capdiamont 02-09-2012 - 11:19
  Re: Good news for SMART & NWP Mr. Peanut 02-10-2012 - 06:31
  Re: Good news for SMART & NWP Railfan FARMER, not foamer 03-21-2012 - 14:55
  Re: ...and if there is war in the Persian Gulf... C&OC 02-09-2012 - 00:03
  Re: ...and if there is war in the Persian Gulf... Dr. Rogers 02-07-2012 - 05:22
  Re: ...and if there is war in the Persian Gulf... Bruce Kelly 02-07-2012 - 07:00
  Re: May be good new for RRs, bad news for us... mook 02-07-2012 - 17:27
  Re: May be good new for RRs, bad news for us... George Andrews 02-08-2012 - 17:55


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