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Re: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

Jim Murrie1 wrote: This rule of thumb only works, of course, if there is a big difference in the two values. For cement, and for other building materials like brick and block, the difference

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #94599 ·

Re: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

Jeff; Many moons ago when I was getting my MBA degree the rule of thumb was that you wanted to "long haul" the raw materials (low value goods) and "short haul" the finished product (i.e. high value

By james murrie · #94598 ·

Re: Bulk material was: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

Rick asked. "Did you think I made that up?" No, but you had to have heard it somewhere. I model Mason City and know someone modeling the CGW in SE MN. If there's any documentation of loads into the

By Clark Propst · #94597 ·

Re: Frank Brua

More like 2 or 3 months ago. And as I'm trying to buy stuff he is already very badly missed. He ran one of the best mail order businesses I've ever done business with. -- Jon Miller For me

By Jon Miller <atsf@...> · #94596 ·

Re: Bulk material was: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

Not in hand, but if I recall I read it in a CGW forum, posted by somebody with paper documentation. I can probably dig it up if you really need to see it. Did you think I made that up? Regarding my

By gettheredesigns <rick@...> · #94595 ·

Re: Bulk goods, was Cement ingredients, nee': cement travel

I've been greatly enjoying this discussion on bulk materials and their shipment by rail in the purview of the STMFC list. Gravel, sand, and crushed rock was used in great quantitites in the Toronto,

By Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...> · #94594 ·

Re: Was: cement travel: Small town cement dealers

Nate, "Cement Plants" make cement. "Readi-Mix" (however you choose to spell it) or so called "Batch plants" mix, sell concrete. One's a big place with big machinery and the other isn't : ) Around

By Clark Propst · #94592 ·

Re: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

Mike, Should a factory be located near the raw materials, near the customers, or near a source of transportation? In the case of cement, the plant tended to be near

By Aley, Jeff A · #94593 ·

Re: Bulk material was: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

You have proof of this? Clark Propst

By Clark Propst · #94591 ·

Art Tharp's Website information

Can someone please forward me Art Tharp's website information. Please send to carrera356@... Thank you, Bill Chattaway

By Bill <carrera356@...> · #94590 ·

Was: cement travel: Small town cement dealers

I've really enjoyed the discussion on the cement plants. I just want to confirm that the cement plants being discussed are the ones that produce the actual cement raw material that is then later

By Nathan Obermeyer · #94589 ·

Re: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

I think you'd have to consider also that out west a "PRR average" trip of 300 miles (or whatever) would often put the train in the middle of nowhere. Because everything is so spread out transit

By Kurt Laughlin <fleeta@...> · #94588 ·

Re: Bulk material was: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

Yes, that was the primary destination, but carloads also went to Mason City for use in the cement plants. It was the nearest source for a necessary ingredient. Cheers, Rick

By gettheredesigns <rick@...> · #94587 ·

Bulk material was: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

Notice I changed the subject line, even though the list owner changed the subject : ) The CGW hauled iron ore out of SE MN for delivery to Granite City IL, Upper Midwestern fertilizer plants

By Clark Propst · #94586 ·

Re: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

Good point Tony--the cement plants aren't next to the iron mines. The following data is from the 1949 Minerals Yearbook published by the Bureau of Mines. This is a list of all materials used in

By gettheredesigns <rick@...> · #94585 ·

Re: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

Hi Mike, I can't speak directly to the soda ash question, but some commodities have no substitute. If, say, certain ore deposits exist at only one place, the commodity will be shipped anywhere on the

By gettheredesigns <rick@...> · #94584 ·

Re: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

Mike, In Texas we burn a lot of Powder River Basin coal to generate power. It is my understanding that the largest part of the cost is transportation, but I do not have any hard figures at hand.

By Cyril Durrenberger · #94583 ·

Re: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

mike brock wrote: If (and I say IF) it was essential, and available nowhere else, the travel cost could not exceed the value of the product. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #94582 ·

Re: Frank Brua

List, Just a short note to advise that Frank Brua who owned Park Varieties in Southgate Michigan passed away about two weeks ago. He will be missed! Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road, West Branch Newark,

By tmolsen@... · #94581 ·

Re: Cement ingredients, Was: cement travel

Getting back to cement travel...and actually, the travel of relatively heavy and cheap non finished materials such as cement, cement ingredients, coal, sand, ballast etc., I am curious about the

By mike brock <brockm@...> · #94580 ·

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