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The Railroad Industry: Then and Now

Posted by Guy Flynn on Mar 17, 2015 12:23:00 PM

Emission control and waste management among top priorities for railroad industry today

On February 28, 1827, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first U.S. railway chartered for commercial transport of passengers and freight. 

Key facts about the first U.S. railway include:

  • The Tom Thumb steam engine was designed by Peter Cooper
  • The first railroad track was only 13 miles long
  • Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, laid the first stone when construction on the track began 

(Source: Library of Congress)

Fast-forward 188 years. 

Here is a snapshot of what the railroad industry looks like today:

  • 140,000 miles of railroad track
  • 21 regional and 510 local railroads
  • 221,000 jobs
  • The rail network accounts for approximately 40 percent of U.S. freight moved by ton-miles (the length freight travels).

(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration)

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Topics: 6Vh, oil removal, model 6v, wastewater, railroad, railway, runoff, orts

Manage Stormwater Runoff with Skimming Technology

Posted by Guy Flynn on Sep 23, 2014 11:39:36 AM

When the sky cries, that’s a natural phenomenon. But when Nature’s pure water mixes with various types of oil and hydraulic fluids or other contaminants, the result is a man-made problem.

Commonly called stormwater runoff, rainwater will flow wherever it wants once it hits Earth. And this characteristic is what makes water troublesome wherever it encounters oil  – in heavy equipment yards, scrap yards, truck and train terminals, oil and gas operations, shipping docks and the like. Water from various types of wash-down operations will behave the same way. 

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Topics: model 6v, model 5H, runoff, stormwater, model 1H

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