Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 43
the railroads and the shippers to minimize transportation costs.
At the origin and destination sites, shippers
and receivers routinely use one or more loop
tracks to load and unload the commodities. The
tracks are arranged in a circle large enough to
accommodate an entire unit train. At the throat
area, crossover tracks allow trains to enter the
loop from the mainline, offload their material,
and return to the mainline.
While loop tracks are used at hundreds of rail
Conventional Loop
terminals around the country, they have several
critical drawbacks. Current designs cannot
efficiently accommodate multiple unit trains
"When we completed the first schematic, we thought it was
arriving and departing while processing is taking place. Termitoo good to be true," says Paul Weber, senior rail project manager nals can build additional loops, but that requires more acreage
at HDR, who, along with Reichelt, has a patent pending for the
and track, and there are inevitable traffic conflicts. Trains cannot
new design. "We thought there had to be a flaw somewhere, but
navigate independently of other trains in the facility because the
there was not."
throat and crossover track arrangements require they cross paths.
Furthermore, because the loop is designed to be the length of a
UNIT TRAINS AND LOOP TRACKS
single unit train, the interior cannot be accessed without grade
Railroads are a primary mode of conveying commodities and
separations or multiple, strategically located at-grade crossings,
other goods in the United States, and since the 1960s, a key com- resulting in significantly underutilized property. Finally, if the
ponent of that system has been the unit train. Unit trains transtrain needs to leave the loop in the direction from which it came,
port a single commodity between a single origin and destination
the locomotive must be moved from one end to the other, further
for a single shipper. Typically 100-plus-cars long, unit trains allow congesting the facility.
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Contents
From Acec to You
Market Watch
Legislative Action
The Private Side
Powering Forward
Website Brilliance
Creating Compelling Proposals
Latest It Innovations
Restorative Spirits
The Infinity Loop
Mergers and Acquisitions
Members in the News
Business Insights
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Intro
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Cover2
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Contents
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 2
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 3
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - From Acec to You
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 5
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Market Watch
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 7
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Legislative Action
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Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - The Private Side
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 11
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Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 13
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 14
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 15
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Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 17
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Powering Forward
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Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Website Brilliance
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Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Creating Compelling Proposals
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Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Latest It Innovations
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Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 37
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Restorative Spirits
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Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 40
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 41
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - The Infinity Loop
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Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - 45
Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Mergers and Acquisitions
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Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Members in the News
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Engineering Inc. - September/October 2019 - Business Insights
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