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Haulage In Georgia

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, September 9, 2019 5:04 PM

Doughless
Most Kaolin Clay in the USA is mined in Georgia. 

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I once drove from Athens to Elberton on some back roads by the Kaolin Mines because I wanted to get a look at some of the equipment.

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My dark blue rental car was completely white in just a few miles.

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Kaolin is amazing stuff. It sticks to everything.

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Speaking of Elberton, GA, some of the finest Granite in the world is quarried near there. I dont know if any of it is shipped by rail, but I have seen some huge slabs on flatbed trailers in the area.

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Posted by BRAKIE on Sunday, September 8, 2019 9:26 AM

I recall seeing on line train consist sheets with tank cars of peanut oil in the train's consist along with clay,bricks,colth,sand,Kaolin Clay, veneer lumber, etc

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Posted by Doughless on Sunday, September 8, 2019 6:49 AM

Most Kaolin Clay in the USA is mined in Georgia.  Sometimes shipped in covered hoppers as a dry powder, but mainly shipped as a slurry in long cuts of shorty tank cars.

Old economic info stated in the articles but kaolin is still a major industry in GA. Can't find current stats or stats on haulage.

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/kaolin

https://www.georgiamining.org/GMA-georgia-kaolin-industry.php

https://www.walthers.com/16-000-gallon-funnel-flow-tank-car-single-car-assembled-georgia-kaolin

 

 

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Posted by dehusman on Saturday, September 7, 2019 12:29 PM

Pretty much everything is either shipped or recieved if you are looking at an entire state.

One of the biggest destinations for coal is in Georgia.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, September 6, 2019 9:53 PM

caldreamer
industries in Georgia.

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Cotton, Peanuts, Peaches, Pecans, Carpets, Wood Flooring. Pallettes, Telephone Poles, Dimensional Lumber, Plywood, Processed Poultry, and Warehousing/Distribution just to get you started.

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The Port Of Savannah generates all kind of industrial traffic.

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Film Making and Tourism are also big, but these industries will not produce any haulage.

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Haulage In Georgia
Posted by caldreamer on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 4:50 PM

Lazyfortress:

  I sent you a PM in reference to your inquiry about industries in Georgia.

     Caldreamer

  

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