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Western Railroad Discussion > New Coal PlantDate: 12/20/12 17:34 New Coal Plant Author: jc76 Date: 12/20/12 18:27 Re: New Coal Plant Author: CPR-489 Yes PRB coal. UP brings it in on the LittleRock sub. Been long time waiting and long fight for AEP to get this plant up and running.
Date: 12/21/12 00:06 Re: New Coal Plant Author: Android Out of curiosity, what's the UP destination symbol for this new plant?
Date: 12/21/12 07:21 Re: New Coal Plant Author: GTWMISteve Awesome news. Helps to have good news regarding business and the economy around the Holidays.
Posted from Android Date: 12/21/12 07:47 Re: New Coal Plant Author: Lackawanna484 AEP, American Electric Power, and its affiliated companies have been champions of coal use over the years.
Date: 12/21/12 10:44 Re: New Coal Plant Author: Evan_Werkema I was curious what exactly constituted an "ultra-supercritical" coal-fired plant, and for anyone else who might be wondering, this excerpt provides a brief definition:
http://asmedl.org/ebooks/asme/asme_press/859551/859551_ch17 Date: 12/21/12 14:00 Re: New Coal Plant Author: CPR-489 Android Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Out of curiosity, what's the UP destination symbol > for this new plant? If I heard the dispatcher right he was calling CCATU. Reporting marks on cars are AEPX. Date: 12/21/12 14:13 Re: New Coal Plant Author: CPR-489 GTWMISteve Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Awesome news. Helps to have good news regarding > business and the economy around the Holidays. > > Posted from Android Yes and No part of the lawsuit settlement deal in addition to millions being paid out was in order to open this plant AEP has too shutdown two older plants. Not sure on shutdown time frame, but i've heard that one of plant is the one near Welsh, Texas. This plant uses KCS/BNSF to haul the coal. The net power gain will not be much after these two plants are shut down, but emission is reported to be cut in half. |