Barnhart identified 3 industries that are currently shipping or receiving products by rail car in Ashland City and meet with each facilities operations manager. • Arcosa Marine • Gate Precast • Strategic Materials Arcosa Marine and Gate Precast facility rail spurs were deemed NOT VIABLE. These facilities spurs were short and designed to accommodate their operations and do not have room for gantry erection or transporter egress. Any improvements that would allow rail car off loading of the power equipment would be extremely costly and would impede the facilities day to day operations. The Strategic Materials facility is a viable option. Barnhart met with David Sharp, Assist. Plant Manager and discussed the equipment’s discharge. David indicated the plant typically gets two rail cars shifted in once a week, pulling two empty cars out and pushing two full cars in. These switches generally happen on Tuesday or Thursday. David indicated that if the deliveries could be coordinated as not to interfere with his operations, the plant will consider allowing the cars to off load in the plant.
The yellow area below is the area where we would off load if unloading inside the plant. While discharge in the yellow area is feasible, the area is congested and would be a hindrance to the plant.
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