You're correct, Randy, these are sizeable moves. I was trying to get across the fact that only a small proportion of western coal is burned east of the Mississippi. The combined output of PRB and Montana coal is perhaps 80-90 trains daily. Besides, S Indiana is "just east" of the Mississippi ;-) Paul B There is a power plant in southern Indiana that takes (and burns) four trains a day of low sulpher, western coal. These trains are 100+ cars in each train at 100 tons in each car each, EVERY day -- better than a million tons of coal every month! One of the plants in Georgia uses three trains a day -- just under a million more tons a month. This is somewhat more than "very little" coal. FWIW Randy Brown The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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