Bradley and group, The first trainload of Powder River Coal came out of the basin in 1984 so there is no way the EL shipped any PRB Coal. At that time it was a single track railroad thru the basin. When I was there in 1995 it had been double tracked. Since then it has been triple tracked in some stretches and is still being expanded. Funny how similar the rail development / expansion to the PRB is to railroad development to and from Scranton. But the PRB has enough easily accessible coal to last over 2,000 years at current production rates... Chris From Archives_@_Railfan.netMessage-ID: <018001c894ad$0d06ed70$7a01a8c0@paul>Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 06:33:47 -0400From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb@bellsouth.net>Subject: RE: (erielack) Coal, Iron Ore and Steel Very little low sulphur coal from Montana and the PRB has ventured east of Chicago and the Mississippi River. I'm not aware of any movements into the Northeast, but I do know of a couple to the Southeast: a BN-L&N move into Tennessee beginning in 1972, and another over NS to a power plant near Atlanta beginning in the 1990's. The economics of coal transport generally does not support movement over long distances if an alternate source is available more locally. I believe all of this coal is used in power plants and not in steelmaking. Paul B From: "Bradley Butcher" <llyengalyn@hotmail.com>Subject: RE: (erielack) Coal, Iron Ore and Steel I have wondered that as well. I the late 70's would powder river coal have moved east on the EL? And to where? I must admit to some limited knowledge, I do not know of powder river coal runs that far east right now heh. There are a lot of coal fields still in western PA and the Virginias. The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html _________________________________________________________________ Going green? See the top 12 foods to eat organic. http://green.msn.com/galleries/photos/photos.aspx?gid=164&ocid=T003MSN51N1653A The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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