This structure is near Duluth. I am curious as to what it's purpose is. Any thoughts? There is a neat truck unloading unit here. The whole truck gets tipped up so cargo can be unloaded. It looks like maybe wood chips. Any info will be welcomed [ 20. July 2003, 16:58: Message edited by: Robin Matthysen ]
I model the DM&IR, however, I don't know what that industry is. I can, however, tell you that I've seen those truck lifting units on television. I saw them being used at a landfill. They lift the truck to about a 45-60 degree angle and dump out all the garbage. Bulldozers then plow the garbage away into piles.
I can't see the pictures, but your description of the truck ramp gave me an idea: The Kingsford Charcoal Briquete plant in Springfield, Oregon, recieves woodchips by truck and stores them in a large pile. The chips appear to have an orange tint to them, as opposed to the chips at paper mills which seem to be more yellow. The plant also receives some kind of bulk material by rail in covered hoppers. The building itself is dominated by hundreds of pipes and small tanks running in every direction.
Mike, The reason that you can't see the images is because they are hosted on railimages.com which is currently down. Robin, Because railimages.com is currently down, would you like to send me the pictures and I can put them on my server until railimages is back up and running? Let me know. Matt
That same type of truck dumping system is also used thruout the midwest for grain/soybean dumping. Also I have pics of that type of system being used for boxcars when they were in grain service before covered hoppers.
