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GGPX 120581 |
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6/1/2014 Upload Date: 7/19/2014 9:24:19 AM |
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Bremen, IN |
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Pat Huemmer |
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GGPX 120581 |
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A coal gondola inside the rotary dump facility of Midwest Energy Resources Company in Superior. |
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6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/8/2017 10:49:54 PM |
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Superior, WI |
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Richard Hopfensperger |
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GGPX 120581 |
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Empty cars inside the MERC (Midwest Energy Resources Company) rotary dump. When a train is unloaded here, once it is positioned, the locomotives no longer pull the train through. The yellow "claw" looking apparatus lowers between the cars and is precisely indexed to move them along and position each car into the dumper. |
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6/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 11:01:31 AM |
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Superior, WI |
| Author: |
Richard Hopfensperger |
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GGPX 120581, et al., at MERC |
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GGPX 120581 was the last car of a 123-car BNSF unit train at Midwest Energy Resources Company (MERC), Superior, WI on 25 Jun. '16. Coal is delivered 14,000 tons at a time by the BNSF unit trains. UP also brings coal, their trains are likely similar in size and capacity. The apparatus on the left is the car indexer for precision placement of hoppers for the rotary dumping machine out of frame to the right. This information comes from the facilities website, http://www.midwestenergy.com/, which includes some interesting videos as well. I was fortunate enough to receive a tour of this impressive facility with a well-known group of like-minded railroad history enthusiasts. Unfortunately for us, this car was dumped only a few minutes before our tour began. We did get to see the dumper rotate, but sans car. |
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6/25/2016 Upload Date: 7/24/2016 1:40:42 AM |
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Superior, WI |
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T. P. Bruss |
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