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Re: Ridin' the Pine
Author: D. Megowan
Date: 10-18-2009 - 14:10

Steven D. Johnson Wrote:
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> Excellent work, Darren! Question: where is the
> power plant that uses the coal? Also, of related
> interest, the BNSF Boron Local switches out Rich
> Spur (the old mainline before Edwards AFB was
> built) two or three times a week with covered
> hoppers of Soda Ash (I believe) that is trucked
> from Searles. Apparently, the UP is not interested
> in interchanging loaded hoppers at Mojave with the
> BNSF, and so there is continuous flow of bulk
> loader trucks driving between Boron and Searles
> just to load the cars.

The power plant is located in Trona adjacent to Searles Valley Mineral's facility. The product loaded at Rich Spur is trucked from SVM's plant in Trona.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Ridin' the Pine D. Megowan 10-18-2009 - 12:26
  Re: Ridin' the Pine Steven D. Johnson 10-18-2009 - 13:27
  Re: Ridin' the Pine D. Megowan 10-18-2009 - 14:10
  Re: Ridin' the Pine Steven D. Johnson 10-18-2009 - 16:56
  Re: Ridin' the Pine D. Megowan 10-18-2009 - 18:56
  Re: Ridin' the Pine ron 10-18-2009 - 20:44
  Re: Ridin' the Pine D. Megowan 10-18-2009 - 21:12
  Re: Ridin' the Pine Ben Kletzer 10-18-2009 - 22:28
  Re: Ridin' the Pine Steven D. Johnson 10-18-2009 - 23:06
  Re: Ridin' the Pine D. Megowan 10-19-2009 - 09:13
  Re: Ridin' the Pine KTD 10-19-2009 - 17:59
  Re: Ridin' the Pine D. Megowan 10-19-2009 - 19:15
  Re: Ridin' the Pine KTD 10-19-2009 - 19:43
  Re: Ridin' the Pine ron 10-19-2009 - 19:51
  Re: Ridin' the Pine Justin Fox 10-14-2011 - 12:06
  Re: Ridin' the Pine Tom Moungovan 10-19-2009 - 13:31


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