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...
Topics: 6Vh oil removal orts railroad railway runoff wastewater
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...
Topics: model 1H model 5H model 6v runoff stormwater