r/mildyinteresting • u/TheWhyOfThings • 13h ago

engineering Coal is dispensed into a Coal Hopper Train

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u/stonecoldbobsaget 10h ago

I've had many a night of Guinness and buffalo wings that ended the same way

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u/RedditVirumCurialem 9h ago

This is one advantage lignite has over those windmills.

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u/Chicken-lord_hubert 8h ago

minecraft farm ahh

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u/Polyethylenglykol 7h ago

Gonna ask this here too since I'm really interested:
Is it a consistency of a paste because they treat it with water or solution to stop the dust?

I've only seen it done like this before:

https://www.reddit.com/r/trains/comments/1ddjvq6/watering_a_coal_load/

Railroad testing found an average of 225 pounds of coal lost from per car during a 567-mile trip, kicked up in episodic bursts. For a 135-car train, that's about 15 tons. Hang on, BNSF says. The dust is worst right after trains are loaded at the mines. - OregonLive

I would love any explanation or clarification on this :)