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Western Railroad Discussion > Hazen Tie pileDate: 01/04/26 08:15 Hazen Tie pile Author: GCCIteacher For those interested---here is a video of the Hazen Tie Operation/Pile about six months before it burned up back in 2023
You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 01/04/26 08:21 Re: Hazen Tie pile Author: exhaustED Who could have possibly predicted a potential fire issue.... with several thousand tonnes of combustible material piled up.... out in the desert?!
Date: 01/04/26 11:41 Re: Hazen Tie pile Author: RailDawg Watched that thing burn! Could feel the heat a distance away.
They are making new tie piles now. Chuck Date: 01/04/26 12:04 Creosoted RR tie disposal Author: DWDebs/2472 I'm the hazmat manager at Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, CA. Before crude oil prices dropped in late 2014, there was a market of worn-out (i.e. rotten) old creosoted railroad ties... they were shredded (I think) and burned as fuel in some power plants. Several years ago, I inquired if this was still an economical disposal option. I was told that the nearest power plant that accepted old RR ties was in Texas, and that trucking would cost far more than than disposal at a local landfill that accepts Treated Wood Waste. I was also told that "be glad you're not the Union Pacific RR, they have 600,000+ old RR ties in Nevada to dispose of."
- Doug Debs Date: 01/04/26 15:39 Re: Creosoted RR tie disposal Author: coach Gee, a fire started in that huge, expensive to dump pile of unwanted, HAZ-MAT ties? Really? Way out there? How could such a thing happen, or be predicted?
Date: 01/04/26 16:54 Re: Creosoted RR tie disposal Author: wabash2800 Yeah, that's like disposing old tires by making a huge pile somewhere. An arsonist would get off on that..
Victor Baird Date: 01/04/26 17:26 Re: Creosoted RR tie disposal Author: mojaveflyer Nice video! Did they determine the source of ignition for the fire?
James Nelson Thornton, CO www.flickr.com/mojaveflyer Date: 01/04/26 18:13 Re: Creosoted RR tie disposal Author: a737flyer Let me see if I understand... Used ties are collected and stored becoming something of a logistical nightmare about how to dispose of them. Various plans are considered and rejected as too costly or too complicated. Then, without warning and for no apparent reason, the entire pile somehow catches fire and burns completely? Is that it? Hmmm...imagine that....
Date: 01/04/26 19:59 Re: Creosoted RR tie disposal Author: callum_out Yes and in a spot where the fire wouldn't really bother anyone though a bit of smoke could
drift over 50 but so what. Out |