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US DOT grants for rail!

Author: FUD

Date: 10-30-2024 - 09:51

Was intrigued by 2 listings in the Streetsblog item:

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$13.1 million to the Trona Railway Company to replace six older diesel locomotives with three cleaner diesel engines to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. This short line railroad is used to move fertilizer and other chemical products from facilities in Searles, California.

Are they still running SD45s? Also of comic note: this is cleaning up the trains that haul coal to Trona (and also, of course, the finished product out) for the only coal-fired power plant in California (cogen with the trona plant that the town of Trona exists for).

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$11.4 million to the Mendocino Railway to acquire three diesel-electric locomotives to be used along the "Skunk Train" line running from Fort Bragg to Willits.

One wonders what they're going to use them for, if the tunnel still isn't fixed. And what emissions they're targeting, considering that Mendocino County is

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https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/documents/maps-state-and-federal-area-designations
attainment or unclassified for ALL state and federal air quality standards

. Oh well, at least they won't poison the tourists and railfans as much as the elderly stuff. Will be interesting seeing how they get there, since the NWP no longer exists as an operable railroad. Big trucks of course, but still, should be an interesting move.
Happy Wednesday!

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US DOT grants for rail!	FUD	10-30-2024 - 09:51
Re: US DOT grants for rail!	FUD	10-30-2024 - 09:52
Re: US DOT grants for rail!	Sad Uncle Sam	10-31-2024 - 19:15
Re: US DOT grants for rail!	FUD	11-01-2024 - 07:32
Re: US DOT grants for rail!	BNSF1995	11-01-2024 - 13:00
Re: US DOT grants for rail!	FUD	11-02-2024 - 08:12
Re: US DOT grants for rail!	ron	11-02-2024 - 08:44

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FUD Wrote:
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> Was intrigued by 2 listings in the Streetsblog
> item:
> 
> $13.1 million to the Trona Railway Company to
> replace six older diesel locomotives with three
> cleaner diesel engines to reduce fuel consumption
> and greenhouse gas emissions. This short line
> railroad is used to move fertilizer and other
> chemical products from facilities in Searles,
> California.
> 
> Are they still running SD45s? Also of comic note:
> this is cleaning up the trains that haul coal to
> Trona (and also, of course, the finished product
> out) for the only coal-fired power plant in
> California (cogen with the trona plant that the
> town of Trona exists for).
> 
> $11.4 million to the Mendocino Railway to acquire
> three diesel-electric locomotives to be used along
> the "Skunk Train" line running from Fort Bragg to
> Willits.
> 
> One wonders what they're going to use them for, if
> the tunnel still isn't fixed. And what emissions
> they're targeting, considering that Mendocino
> County is attainment or unclassified for ALL state
> and federal air quality standards. Oh well, at
> least they won't poison the tourists and railfans
> as much as the elderly stuff. Will be interesting
> seeing how they get there, since the NWP no longer
> exists as an operable railroad. Big trucks of
> course, but still, should be an interesting move.
> 
> Happy Wednesday!

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