Rail entrance to the Waste Management transfer facility.
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Storage track to the right, mainline access to the left.
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Specially modified wood chip cars have locking covers to reduce odors
during transport to the landfill.
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The nightly run to the landfill in Virginia is known as the Emerald
Express,
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Empties on the storage tracks.
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Switching the on site storage tracks to the loading area.
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Bringing in the sting of empties.
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Cover locking mechanisms are visible at the top of the car.
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The facility is switched by this loco, and the nightly run to Virginia
is handled by CSX.
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Storage tracks included inside the fence line.
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Simple sheet metal transfer building has an outside truck scale, refuse
is dumped on the sorting floor where heavy equipment places it into the
lower level rail cars.
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The cars are emptied at the landfill by a rotary dumper.
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