Fording River wash plant and loadout
Canada /
British Columbia /
Elkford /
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/ Canada
/ British Columbia
/ Elkford
World / Canada / British Columbia / East Kootenay
production, coal mine, railway terminal
Coal is cleaned and washed before being loaded into unit coal trains for export. A typical unit coal train has 126 "bathtub" gondola railcars and transports 13,000 metric tonnes of coal. It can be loaded in 3 to 6 hours. A coating of latex is sprayed over the coal as the train passes the loading silo, this minimizes dust pollution during the 1100-km rail journey to coal terminals in Port Metro Vancouver.
The maintenance shops are also located here.
The maintenance shops are also located here.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°11'17"N 114°52'47"W
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- Summerview 1 Wind Farm 98 km
- Blue Trail Windfarm 113 km
- McBride Lake Wind Farm 116 km
- Soderglen Windfarm 121 km
- Ardenville Windfarm 122 km
- Blackspring Ridge Wind Farm 134 km
- Waterton Wind Turbines 137 km
- Wintering Hills Wind Farm 198 km
- Ghost Pine Wind Farm 221 km
- Fording River coal mine 3.8 km
- Greenhills coal mine 5.1 km
- Elkford 20 km
- Line Creek coal mine 28 km
- Grave Lake 36 km
- Grizzly Ridge & Highwood Ridge 43 km
- Chain Lakes Provincial Park 49 km
- Upper Kananaskis Lake 52 km
- Lower Kananaskis Lake 55 km
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