KOPPERS, CR AND PPL: MAKING "COGEN" WORK

The disposal of wooden cross ties has been a problem which has been getting worse in recent years. The enormous amount of used wooden ties required a lengthy process to move the ties from the tracks to landfill sites and a large number of trains in which to haul them. Details of the disposal process and how Conrail, Koppers and the Pennsylvania Power and Light Co. may have found a solution to this disposal problem by converting the ties into electric power, are given.

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• Publication Date: 1989-12

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 85
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric power; Electric power generation; Landfills; Waste disposal; Wood ties
• Uncontrolled Terms: Disposal
• Old TRIS Terms: Wooden cross ties
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490905
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1990 12:00AM