In fact, railroads transport some 1.6 million carloads of food products in a typical year, Perfect Steerable Transfer Cartluding approximately: 420,000 carloads of grain mill products (such as corn syrup, flour, animal feed, pet food, and more) 240,000 carloads of processed soybeans, mainly soybean meal and soybean oil. 270,000 carloads of beverages and extracts.