Railroad hauls coal from mines in western Kentucky to rail-barge transfer facility on Tennessee River; remainder of trip to generating plant, located 11 mi down-stream, is by barge; railroad conveyor belt bargeline system is currently supplying coal to TVA plant at rate of 750,000 tons/yr; great flexibility and full freedom in operation of facility are provided by remote-control equipment for loco-motives.


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    Title :

    Automated rail-to-barge system


    Additional title:

    Mechanization


    Published in:

    Mechanization ; 25 , n 10


    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Automated rail-to-barge system

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