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QUOTE: Originally posted by 440cuin I heard those cars are filled with debris from the huricanes in Florida and somebody in Canada bought some of it.
QUOTE: Originally posted by foureasy Tra***rains and trucks(semis) were both used to haul NYC trash out to Pa.and other points.I know that trash was going to a site north of Dubois Pa. A BF site. I saw a train load being refused in Illinois or somewhere else winding up in Ohio,from there no idea on where it wound up.NYC had the huge dumps on Staten island,the smell was really bad,I hear it is now closed.They now ship garbage on ocean going scows to somewhere in the carribean?
QUOTE: Originally posted by foureasy My idea and wonder why its never been used.Why not replace the coal removed from all the underground mines with trash after the coal is gone?Fill those spaces back up so you do not have sink holes like in southern Indiana lately.i understand about the leaching in to the water aquifer,but there should be a way to slow or limit that process. Just my 2 cents worth.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Cris Helt In Utah, there's a "Transfer Station" for garbage located in South Salt Lake, and one in Ogden. For awhile, it seemed that the Union Pacific ran dedicated garbage trains from Ogden with loaded cars south to the transfer station in SSL. Nowadays, the garbage cars are combined with other freight cars. The garbage cars are long black flat cars with ETTX reporting marks (I think), that carry removable oversized gray dumpsters. An overhead crane at the SSL transfer station is used for unloading the cars, and then placing the empty dumpster back on the flat car.
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