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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

The actual, definitive answer on the Vega rail shipping:

The cars were full of fluids and driveable; Specially designed components were used to keep the fluids from draining out:

* Unique carburetors, with special chambers so the fuel would not run out
* Special windshield washer bottles
* Special radiator/overflow bottles, etc
* Unique transmissions
* Special battery caps to prevent acid leakage

among other things -

K

Boy, that seems like an awful lot of effort, along with the specially designed rail cars (and presumably loading docks too!), just to squeeze a few more Vegas onto the train!