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Jun 03
2010
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The signal the start of a new, “green” chapter in transportation logisticsPosted by: Administrator in Wind Tagged in: Trains
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| When the first unit train carrying wind turbine components leaves Duluth this week, it will signal the start of a new, “green” chapter in transportation logistics at the westernmost tip of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway system. The shipment of 24 Siemens wind turbine nacelles and spinners/cones (plus 33 containers) currently being loaded onto specialty rail cars at the Clure Public Marine Terminal, actually arrived in Duluth from Denmark aboard the Metsaborg two weeks ago and has been securely stored in satellite laydown yards here on the Terminal. Components will be railed to Casper, WY, and delivered from there by truck to their final destination – Duke Energy’s “Top of the World” 101.2-megawatt project in Converse County, WY. This will be a joint move by Union Pacific and BNSF Railway. |
