MJ4562Anyone else think those excavators are painfully slow to unload? Looks like about 50-60 minutes to unload a single gondola. Seems like a lot of labor and capital cost for the value of the load. It makes sense if it's just a temporary expediant but I don't think it's viable as a long-term solution.
Most aggregrate shipments are of a temporary nature - building some facility that requires quantities of aggregate in its construction - it could be buildings, highways, bridges or dams. Once the project is completed, they is no longer a need for aggregate at that location any longer.
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MidlandMikeThe glacial deposits in Michigan have scattered iron-rich stones which wind up in gravel aggragate sometimes used in concrete.
No question. Does seem funny to see rust streaks on the pavement, though.
Grew up in SE MI. Always considered iron a UP thing...
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BaltACD MidlandMike Why don't they do the cleaning while they are still at the unloading dock? That is a maritime question. Suspect there are regulations in ports about discharging 'waste water' into the port waters.
MidlandMike Why don't they do the cleaning while they are still at the unloading dock?
That is a maritime question. Suspect there are regulations in ports about discharging 'waste water' into the port waters.
That's how you get things like zebra mussels, so yes very controlled.
tree68Grew up in SE MI. Always considered iron a UP thing...
Overmod tree68 Grew up in SE MI. Always considered iron a UP thing... Better call it a 'Yooper' thing. There are people here who will be wondering what the Union Pacific has to do with it...
tree68 Grew up in SE MI. Always considered iron a UP thing...
Better call it a 'Yooper' thing. There are people here who will be wondering what the Union Pacific has to do with it...
True that...
BaltACDMost aggregrate shipments are of a temporary nature - building some facility that requires quantities of aggregate in its construction - it could be buildings, highways, bridges or dams. Once the project is completed, they is no longer a need for aggregate at that location any longer.
Doh! Thanks, that makes perfect sense. I live in an area where quarries are commonplace so I had tunnel vision thinking about it from the source and not the end user. I have seen quarries using front-end loaders to load trains so I guess I also had that on the brain as well.
Aggregate and cement kept Washington & Old Dominion alive until Dulles Airport was completed. Then poof, bye-bye railroad.
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rixflix Aggregate and cement kept Washington & Old Dominion alive until Dulles Airport was completed. Then poof, bye-bye railroad. Rick
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