Mike, that's an amazing array of products that could use covered hoppers. A few years ago, while an my way to a client's facilities I got lost and found a plant that had several similar hoppers less trucks, raised above seemingly to be used as storage of materials that could later be dumped into trucks. Because I would shortly be late, I zoomed away and haven't taken the time to find it again. It's one of those "someday" projects. However it's a very good excuse to fit more cars into an area without tracks!
Bob Werre PhotoTraxx On 11/7/11 3:39 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] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, > "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/
