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• Washdown water outlets are provided under the loadout. Washdown water <br />drains to a sump pit from which it will be pumped to the top of the <br />loadout building to drain down the tube and to the settling pond. The <br />bottom area of the loadout and the top interior of the loadout have <br />openings for natural ventilation. <br />There are dust suppression spray headers at the loading chute. The <br />spray is manually controlled by the operator or automatically <br />controlled as the gate is opened. <br />(4) Railroad Spur <br />The rail system employed at the coal loadout facility is depicted in <br />Drawing D-2-2. The yard is designed to store a train of sixty loaded <br />cars, simultaneously receive a train of sixty empty cars, provide a <br />runaround track for the road locomotives delivering the empty cars, <br />and allow sufficient trackage beyond the loadout to accommodate the <br />• loading of ten cars. <br />The rail yard plan and profile are shown on Drawings D-2-2. A single <br />track diverges from the mainline onto the site. This track, in turn, <br />diverges to three parallel tracks. These tracks remain parallel for <br />approximately 3200 feet through the curve, converging just prior to <br />the loadout building to a single straight section of track. This <br />single track section passes through the loadout building, ending at a <br />bumper S00 feet from the loadout. <br />The rails are mounted on 8-inch by 11.5-inch double shouldered tie <br />plates, which in turn are set into creosoted wood ties. The ties are <br />approximately 9-inch by 7-inch in cross-section and 8 feet in length. <br />Number 4 and Number 5 ties are used throughout the loop track. The <br />ties are set in ballast such that 8 inches of ballast lies between the <br />bottom tie and sub-ballast. <br /> <br />h-33 <br />