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The BNSF Hinckley Subdivision (Braham to Hinckley, MN) Some Manifests, Coal, Taconite, Shortline Ops, Etc. Rate Topic: -----

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Posted 27 March 2023 - 06:02 AM

So we have a new competitor to the market. At NSS Hinckley, CP 250 heads southbound with three KCS AC44's. https://i.imgur.com/qUFmYTe.png

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Posted 27 March 2023 - 06:20 AM

Welcome to club.
What is "Taconite"?
I like these striped handrails.

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Posted 27 March 2023 - 07:58 AM

Hello Weter,

Taconite is a sort of iron ore or more precise, an iron-containing mineral, see for example this article.

It's also used as a trade name for pre-processed pellets of said mineral.

Greetings, Peter

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Posted 27 March 2023 - 08:06 AM

Thank You.
Needs of being concentrated.

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Posted 27 March 2023 - 09:38 AM

Raw taconite is concentrated up to about 65% iron content in a processing plant and then rolled into small (~2cm dia.) pellets for ease of transportation. I believe some freight cars on trainsim.ru have loads of pelletized iron ore that pretty closely match what we have here, although ours are a more reddish tint to them

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Posted 27 March 2023 - 09:44 AM

Hi, Travis.
Yeah, I've seen open hoppers for aglomerate and rolled pellets by Alexander Rudichenko a.k.a.Riddik there.
(didn't install them due to very big file size for freight cars and post-1990 era)
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I also have read, that this mineral is almost specific for area around Superior lake. Contains a lot of chert.

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Posted 29 March 2023 - 02:28 PM

The H-NTWSUP, led by a 25th Anniversary BNSF Sticker unit (5828), heads through the small community of Henriette, MN. 4 other GE's and four EMD units complete today's motive power. https://i.imgur.com/gtEgEk6.jpg

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Posted 29 March 2023 - 06:06 PM

9 power units! "SUP" must mean super heavy?
Very nice machine.

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Posted 30 March 2023 - 06:26 AM

There is a maximum powered axle limitation to prevent pulling couplers apart.
The rear three or four locomotives should be isolated, taken off line, or dead in tow.

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Posted 30 March 2023 - 07:09 AM

BNSF's train IDs are (one letter train type)-(three letter origin city code)(three letter destination city code), s H-NTWSUP is a type H train (high priority manifest I think) that runs from Northtown (Twin Cities, MN) to Superior, WI.

Power transfers are actually semi-common around here. Almost certainly all but two or three units are isolated or DIT
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