Re: Car travel of hoppers including "strays"
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Yes, that was the site.? It was in Large, PA.? At the time I was there, the tracks ended not much farther up the creek.? There was a Westinghouse facility on Rt. 51 in Large behind the Eat n Park that was also actively receiving cars at that time (late 70's).? Since it stockpile sat next to the creek and was surrounded by swamp land, we monitored the site for heavy metals runoff as well as treating the swamp for all the mosquitoes which could be found there.? Rich Orr Was that on the old Peters Creek Branch up the Mon? Just north of Clairton? Or someplace else? There was a strategic stockpile up there for a while. It was probably one of the only reasons they kept that branch open as long as it was. Besides molybdenum, I think they also stockpiled chromium, manganese, tungsten, cobalt, columbium, and nickel, in different locations, during the Cold War panic about the availability of certain "critical" metals for military use. Since they were so secret, it is funny that you not only knew about it, but were let on site. Thanks for the story! -----Original Message-----
From: Gatwood, Elden J SAD <Elden.J.Gatwood@...> To: STMFC@... Sent: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 7:07 am Subject: RE: [STMFC] Re: Car travel of hoppers including "strays" Rich; Was that on the old Peters Creek Branch up the Mon? Just north of Clairton? Or someplace else? There was a strategic stockpile up there for a while. It was probably one of the only reasons they kept that branch open as long as it was. Besides molybdenum, I think they also stockpiled chromium, manganese, tungsten, cobalt, columbium, and nickel, in different locations, during the Cold War panic about the availability of certain "critical" metals for military use. Since they were so secret, it is funny that you not only knew about it, but were let on site. Thanks for the story! Oh,. and on the original subject on what was in those hoppers, limestone was probably the other one of the "big three" minerals being shipped in open hoppers. I obtained a copy of a report on how much was being shipped in hoppers, since there was a hopper shortage in the early 60's, and they cited some figures that showed what was being shipped. I suspect they did not distinguish between limestone and dolomite, since they were both used in the furnaces and looked somewhat similar, but dolomite came from different sources, so would matter if you model a particular area. Elden Gatwood ________________________________ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of SUVCWORR@... Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 11:50 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Car travel of hoppers including "strays" In a message dated 10/26/2007 11:40:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Carrock1998@... <mailto:Carrock1998%40aol.com> writes: know that molybdium (sp?) is a really weird spelling---there is a chemicalThe only reason I know about the moly is the DOD had a strategic stockpile outside Pittsburgh until the mills closed. the site was located on a branck of the PRR. Several times, I watched them unload hoppers of the stuff there. The guards were friendly and told me what it was. Guess the fact I was in a uniform and had to do site inspections for the Health Department loosened their tongues a bit. Rich Orr ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com <http://www.aol.com> Yahoo! Groups Links ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com |
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