FROM THE TEXT... "At the heart of the planned Mobile facility is the CN rail yard, that is the unloading point for incoming crude. At present the yard has a limited capability to unload 10 rail cars at a time but CN is building out a 120 car unit train facility that is expected to be operational by the end of this year [2013]. [In the meantime, ARC are unloading rail cars at their Chickasaw Terminal that is served by Norfolk Southern railroad.] The new CN/ARC Mobile facility will have a 2400 horsepower boiler steam unit capable of heating 120 railcars from 80F to 180F in 8 hours. The railcars are heated by passing steam through coils built into their tanks. Once the crude is hot enough to flow, it will be unloaded directly into a 12 inch heat traced insulated pipeline running alongside the track. That pipeline will run from the CN rail yard, underneath the Mobile River, to the ARC storage terminals (see picture below – the red line marks the approximate location of the pipeline under the river)." SO SCARY!!!!!!! HOW DANGEROUS IS THIS?
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 14:49:07 +0000
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