HEAVY TRAINS FOR TRANSPORT FROM MINES

LES TRAINS LOURDS DANS LA DESSERTE DES EXPLOITATIONS MINERES

The author considers a typical phenomenon in rail transport: the construction during the last 20 years of heavy special-purpose industrial railways between mines and ports. Such railways have specific features: low cost, simple technical conditions, transport of millions of tons of ore. The trains are very heavy, up to 15,000 gross metric tons (12,000 net tons). As few trains run each day, single track will suffice, together with simplified fixed installations. The author then lists the different lines built or in the project stage and points out that there is much similarity between the projects from the railway technical standpoint, irrespective of where the lines are constructed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais

  92 rue Bonaparte
  75 Paris 6e,   France 
• Authors:
  • Broca, B
• Publication Date: 1976-10

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 579-594
• Serial:
  • REVUE GENERALE DES CHEMINS DE FER

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Industrial railroads; Iron ores; Lines of track; Loading and unloading; Location; Minerals; Narrow gage track; Single track; Unit trains
• Identifier Terms: Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
• Old TRIS Terms: Line location; Mineral traffic; Operating strategies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147587
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Revue Generale des Chemins de Fer
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM