SCL HAS POLLUTION SOLUTION AT ITS NEW TAMPA SHOP

It was in conjunction with the increased volume of cleaning, fueling, sanding and servicing from the increased locomotive assignment that attention turned to sophisticated pollution control. Such a locomotive facility is capable of producing "a very complicated waste," he adds. SCL locomotive exteriors are cleaned with an acid while the interiors are washed with an alkaline solution. There is sand, fuel oil, lubrication oil, treated cooling water, battery acid, shop cleaning solutions and other contaminants. The Uceta system is designed to process such a mixture at the rate of 100 gallons per minute. Even a normal rainfall can double this rate and must be accommodated in the system design.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Locomotives and Cars
  • Volume: 146
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental protection; Locomotive shops; Water pollution
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive servicing facilities
• Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047470
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1974 12:00AM