MOVING WESTERN CANADIAN COKING COAL
Problems arise from many variable factors encountered in moving coal from the province of Alberta through terminals to shipboard in Vancouver. These variables encompass such matters as effect of car design, other problems faced by the railroads, difficulties at the mine loading point, and pass-on problems inherited by the terminal in dealing with the variable nature of the product caused by climatic changes from the interior to the west coast of Canada. Differences in product moisture content and related matters are also discussed, as are the effect of snow and ice.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Intl Symp on Transp and Handl of Miner, 2nd, Proc, Pap and Discuss, Rotterdam, Netherlands, October 1-5, 1973.
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Corporate Authors:
Miller Freeman Publications, Incorporated
500 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA United States 94105 -
Authors:
- Hubber-Richard, R A
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1974
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 58-77
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Coal; Coal industry; Freezing; Freight traffic; Gondola cars; Hopper cars; International trade; Loading and unloading; Loading facilities; Rain; Snow; Unit trains; Vehicle design
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- Old TRIS Terms: Car design; Unloading processes
- Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00130890
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Report/Paper Numbers: Chapter 2 Proc Paper
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 7 1976 12:00AM