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Hoppers in Muskegon

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I may have missed the posts about it....searched all over this site, but today riding down McCracken in Muskegon, I noticed the old GT line to Nugent sand is chock full of coal hoppers...they caught me off guard...almost looked like the markings on the Consumer's Energy ones they deliver to West Olive...anyone know the story of why they are there?
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Maybe storage?
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SteveHiuzenga wrote:I may have missed the posts about it....searched all over this site, but today riding down McCracken in Muskegon, I noticed the old GT line to Nugent sand is chock full of coal hoppers...they caught me off guard...almost looked like the markings on the Consumer's Energy ones they deliver to West Olive...anyone know the story of why they are there?
They are for storage. Brought up by the MSRR about a month ago.
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Yuppers, storage. Here's a thread with some previous info on it:
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Thanks...figured someone posted it, just couldn't find it. didn't realize the coal business was getting that slow
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