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Trucking. Trucking would be used only during the first 3 years. As stated
previously, because of the large volume of coal to be transported, it would
not be uneconomical to continue trucking for the life of the project. Trucks
would be conventional semitrailers with 28-ton load capacity and would use
existing public roadways. When feasible 100-ton trucks would probably utilize
existing temporary roads built during construction of the railroad. This
would eliminate use of public roads fora short period of time. Table 4 gives
the number of trucks and trains for the first 8 years of production.
TABLE 4
PRODUCTION (1,000 Tons Per Year)
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Tons 150 300 900 1,500 2,000 2,800 3,200 4,000
Years 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Number of 28-ton 22 45 135 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
trucks per day
one way
Number of 100-ton 6 12 36 63 N/A N/A N/A N/A
trucks per day
one way
Number of trains N/A N/A N/A 150 200 280 320 400
per year one way
Note: Figures are based on 2 0 work days per year equa to a 5-day work
week).
Truck hauling during the first 3 years would cause the most disturbance to
wildlife due to the increased frequency of vehicles, and thus the possibility
of vehicle animal collisions would be very high.
Train/Railroad. Trains would be used beginning approximately year 3. Unit
trains cow nsis g of approximately 100 cars and designed to carry 100 tons of
coal per car would be employed. Trains would be loaded at or near the mine
entrance in less than 4 hours. The number of trains per day would depend upon
the quantity of coal produced each day at the mine (table 4 shows total trains
estimated per year). The trains would run only 5 days per week at the
maximum.
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