In this day and age many RR locos are fueled by a
local vendor from a pumper truck along side the main
line. AMTRAK does this in Minot,ND, I know because
I've initialed the fuel slips before delivery and and
sign tham afterward showing total gallons pumped for
each loco. The vendor in Minot used to be Cenex. and
probably still is. At Dilworth, MN(Fargo) AMTRAK is
fueled at the BN(ex. NP) fueling rack, right on the
main line. Also same thing at Havre, MT. CY
--- Myron & Lois Dudenbostel <myroloi@egyptian.net>
wrote:
> Randy.
> You are correct railroad are exempt from state
> motor fuel tax for fuel used
> in off road equipment (anything that does not run on
> the hiway). But from
> there on your reasoning is all wrong. The idea
> behind "dyed" fuel for off
> road use and "clear" (on dye) for hiway use so it
> can be kept separate for
> tax accounting reasons for the government. It makes
> no difference if you buy
> "clear" diesel for a truck to run on or to start a
> brush pile on fire or put
> it in a diesel locomotive you will be charged state
> motor fuel tax because
> it is "clear" fuel. Now if you buy "dyed" diesel
> fuel you can use it for any
> reason but just do not use it in a vehicle used for
> hiway use, the fines are
> very expensive when you get caught.
> The supplier must keep track of gallons of "clear"
> and "dyed" that he has
> bought and sold separately. He (supplier) collects
> the motor fuel tax from
> the buyer at time of the sale. Once a month the
> supplier must send into the
> state a statement of gallons sold "clear", along
> with the amount of motor
> fuel tax collected, and the amount of "dyed" gallons
> sold. When an audit is
> done the amount of gallons w/tax and gallons with
> out/tax, amount of tax
> monies paid must all come out.
> Like I said in my first post I work for a fuel
> supplier for 13 years so I
> am not just shooting in the dark. I have delivered
> quite a few gallons to
> the UP railroad. What was to be used for their
> equipment was "dyed" and no
> motor taxes were charged. What I delivered to them
> that they used in their
> trucks was "clear" and they did pay motor fuel tax
> on those gallons.
> I know this might sound rather confusing but blame
> it on the governmental
> people who were afraid that they were not getting
> their fair share of motor
> fuel tax on diesel fuel.
> This is the last post I am going to post on this
> subject and I do not want
> to start a flame. So I am going to say it one more
> time.....If "clear"
> diesel fuel is bought you will be charged state
> motor fuel tax! If "dyed"
> diesel fuel is bought no motor fuel tax will be
> charged!
> Myron Dudenbostel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <milepost206@mchsi.com>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 10:01 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Fuel Dye
>
>
> > Hi Myron & Bill,
> >
> > The railroads are exempt from motor fuel tax in
> every state I know of
> > and since rr diesels are not motor vehicles, they
> are exempt from the
> > accompanying dye additive that is placed in diesel
> fuel for motor
> vehicles.
> >
> > Randy
> >
> >
> >
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