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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding No answers here either. Back 25 years ago, when this was first tried,the three main challenges were: 1) Financing, 2)Lack of any water in the PRB, and 3) Railroads not wanting to give easements over or under their ROW's (<who would of thought?). [/quote] Murph - There is not a "lack of water" in the PRB so much as there is no expendable water. One idea that could have merit is to run the coal log pipeline as a closed loop system, with the water from the end point being pumped back to the origin. This would cost more, and there would still be some water losses, but even with the added cost is probably still more economical than building new rail capacity by nickel and dime attrition. It is clear that the demand for PRB coal will greatly exceed the willingness of the railroads to add the necessary capacity. The entities that will take the hit from this underperformance is not the railroads, but the mines and the utilities. They are the ones who would likely finance any alternatives to rail transport, at least in the immediate vicinity of the basin. The point is the get the coal from the mines to the point where capacity is more evident, e.g. the UP main at Rawlins, the BNSF main at Billings. You don't necessarily need a CLP all the way to Indiana. MWH - Your snide comments are unbecoming for a so-called professional. David P. Morgan or J. David Ingles would never slip to your level.
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