There are other such installations. One should be on the old US 36 route near
Highland, Kansas. DJE
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Werre
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: 70 ton covered hoppers
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?
>
>
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