Transload Facilities

[Specter3]

Private tank car transload facility here in Harrisburg NC



crap pic through trees



Their gate and small metal bulding. They have a walkway system like traincat has for their tankcar unloading.

[Nick Lorusso]

Niles, here is the one @ 7334 Carter Ave Newark, CA 94560 37.528385,-122.038555 I used to deliver drywall from down the street. The company would have a couple of cars parked and they would take a forklift over unload semis and load centerbeams. This Team track is owned by SP (UP). Here is another one in Fremont, Ca. 44501 Old Warm Springs Blvd Fremont, CA 94538 57 ft SE 37.505738,-121.947499

Regards,
Nick

[RockGp40]

I will answer some of your questions based on what happens at the MD & DE transload facility in Federalsburg, MD.

"Would there be an office or small shed or trailer or container at a site like this?" No, not necessarily. When the customer orders there product on a car, whatever car type that may be, the receiver will already have printed a manifest. You are more likely to see a guy with a clipboard.

"Are forklifts and equipment for unloading cars stored at the facility usually?"  Yes and no. Most companies will bring in their own forklifts or rubber tire loaders. What usually gets left in Federalsburg is an RBT (Rail-barge-truck). These can be used for aggregates or liquids depending on the model.

"How would access to the site be controlled? Would it be completely fenced or no fences?" Federalsburg is fenced.

We receive mostly covered hoppers (potash, urea, other fertilizers), but in the recent months we have been loading and unloading boxcars and loading reefers. If you were to do reefers, most of the logistics companies would want a covered loading area to protect from the sun and the elements.

[lock4244]

Look here - 

1545 Andre St, Baltimore, MD 21230
http://binged.it/ZrQ9iu

Anyone else notice what looks to be an old steam engine tender below and to the left of the truck weigh scales?

[Nilmadic]

Anyone else notice what looks to be an old steam engine tender below and to the left of the truck weigh scales?

Yes, Sitting behind the gondolas... I did notice that. A little piece of history left on the tracks.

[wcfn100]

Anyone else notice what looks to be an old steam engine tender below and to the left of the truck weigh scales?

Google shows it better.

http://goo.gl/maps/ZQtoK

Jason

[wm3798]

http://goo.gl/maps/EJPHp

Here's the one in Cambridge, Maryland.  A cul de sac and a concrete ramp.  There are some hoses that I've seen laying around the ramp I presume to suck dry bulk out of covered hoppers.  That's the only operation I've actually seen carried out there.

You'll also note a concrete culvert under the track up to the left.  Looks like that might be there to accommodate unloading hoppers as well.

Brian can probably tell you more about any other ops that happen here.

Lee

[RockGp40]

http://goo.gl/maps/EJPHp

Here's the one in Cambridge, Maryland.  A cul de sac and a concrete ramp.  There are some hoses that I've seen laying around the ramp I presume to suck dry bulk out of covered hoppers.  That's the only operation I've actually seen carried out there.

You'll also note a concrete culvert under the track up to the left.  Looks like that might be there to accommodate unloading hoppers as well.

Brian can probably tell you more about any other ops that happen here.

Lee

Unfortunately, nothing has occurred on the team track there in the six years I have worked for the MDDE. However, 3 years ago, when the mess was occurring in the Gulf of Mexico with the oil rig, we had several trains of gons with oyster shells shipped to us. They were unloaded there in Cambridge with backhoes for rejuvenating MD's oyster population in the Bay and Choptank River. It was short term business though. Originally, the shells were supposed to be barged but the barges were committed to the cleanup efforts.

What I am curious about is when you follow the tracks railroad east in the runaround, there are switch timbers that would have indicated a track going in the general direction of the steel place you used to work at Lee.

[Ian MacMillan]

Here is our transload in Canterbury, NH
http://goo.gl/maps/pDpRI

We have the portable steel ramps to unload boxcars and flats. We have a Cat 416c that has quick mount forks to move the ramps. We also can call in cranes for large items like the bridge beams we took in last year.  The lot is just 3/4" road pack.

[lock4244]

Transload at Peterborough, ON,. on the Kawartha Lakes Rwy, aka CP Havelock Sub.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll=44.270135,-78.349584&spn=0.001654,0.004128&t=h&z=19

[mplsjct]

No sure if anyone has said so yet, but I like the scene you have so far, the pavement has a good look to it.

[BCR751]

How much area would be required to efficiently run a small transload facility that could handle loading, unloading and storing 20-30 containers per week?  It would require a rail spur and a paved area to allow the activity plus storage.   Not sure of the type of machine required to load and unload but one of the big LeTourneaus would likely be too large.  Just curious as I am considering one for my layout.

[Philip H]

How much area would be required to efficiently run a small transload facility that could handle loading, unloading and storing 20-30 containers per week?  It would require a rail spur and a paved area to allow the activity plus storage.   Not sure of the type of machine required to load and unload but one of the big LeTourneaus would likely be too large.  Just curious as I am considering one for my layout.

Either A WOT Piggy Packer or one of the Japanese loaders t hat essentially a really big forklift would do it.  you'd need a siding for 15 wells (assuming 2 containers per well) and some suggestion of pavement for storage (although you could do it with one or two stacks on an edge).  Add a gate and gate house and a few tractor trailers with container chassis and you're in business.

[tappertrainman]

There is a covered hopper transload facility up near where I used to work.  It's just about as simple as you can possibly get, a concrete ramp and space for trucks and trailers.

http://goo.gl/maps/eA0Mi

Just in case anyone is still looking for ideas!