CANADIAN DIESELS FUELLED FROM ATHABASCA TAR SANDS

With pressure mounting on conventional sources of crude oil, the two major Canadian railways and the National Research Council of Canada have been studying the possibility of using fuel extracted from the Athabasca tar sand deposits in northern Alberta to power diesel locomotives. Since February Canadian National has been purchasing 70,000 gal/day of gas oil sidestream for over 100 locomotives fuelled at Edmonton and Jasper, and latest reports indicate that the two-stroke engines used are quite unaffected by the change, with no increase in maintenance costs.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

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  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Publication Date: 1973-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 458
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 129
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel electric locomotives; Diesel engines; Energy resources; Fuels; Locomotives; Supply; Tar sands; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Old TRIS Terms: Fuel shortage
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051383
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Gazette International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1974 12:00AM