Dear John, In south Jersey it is sand that you would see in covered hoppers. Off to the glass factories or engine facilities... Don On Nov 7, 2011, at 4:39 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> John, > You could consider one of the following: > > Potash (potassium carbonate) or Soda ash (sodium carbonate) both of which are > components for batch making for the production of glass. > > Pumice is also shipped in covered hoppers and is used in the manufacturing of > light weight veneer products in construction man made stone. > > Urea or phosphates both of which are fertilizers and shipped in covered > hopper cars. > > Flyash a byproduct of combustion of coal typically produced at power > generation plants and sometimes used in concrete manufacturing > > Some large steel mills will discharge their electric arc furnace (EAF) shop > dust collectors directly in covered hoppers cars. These are then typically > shipped to either a hazardous landfills or to a zinc recovery company. > > Zinc oxide - facilities that reclaim EAF dust and flash off the zinc oxide > for recovery typically ship the ZO2 via rail to enrichment plants. > > Good luck, > Mike Lytle > > --- In [email protected], "johnalbee03" <johnalbee03@...> wrote: > > > > Hey gang...having acquired more of these beauties than I expected to, I'm > > wondering what they might have hauled? I know of cement, sugar, etc., but I > > need to place an industry trackside and other than cement, I can't think of > > something useful. > > Any ideas? > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
