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Re: (erielack) PPL Martins Creek power plant overview.. from website
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Here is a Conrail track chart that may help.
Tim
On 9/14/07, Chris Lee <leesome1226_@_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Joel,
>
> The tracks split for Martins Creek(Roxburg) and
> Portland at a place called Brainards(can be spelled
> with either an "a" or an "e"). There is a DCS station
> here and a turnout allowing you to either cross the
> Delaware River and continue up into Martins Creek
> proper or take the straight side of the turnout and
> proceed north along the former PRR/L&HR to the plant.
> Please see the link to the turnout.
>
>
> http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=s&q1=Brainards%2C+NJ&trf=0&lon=-75.171606&lat=40.773315&mag=1
>
> If you scroll towards the upper right you will get to
> the Roxburg power plant and eventually G Tower in
> Belvedere where the L&HR and PRR split. Remember that
> the track here on the NJ side was joint L&HR/PRR
> between Hudson yard and G Tower.
>
> To make this list relevant, if you scroll that make to
> the upper left you will enter Martins Creek Yard which
> is where the DLW(later EL) interchanged with the LNE.
> You will see the big Alpha Cement plant there as well.
>
>
> Chris
> --- Joel Long <joel_@_willoughbyinc.com> wrote:
>
> > Ok. I have to play with the satellite map and see
> > how the tracks get there.
> > The plant is off of Martins Creek-Bel road after 611
> > split. Joel
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carl G. Perelman
> > [mailto:carl.perelman_@_verizon.net]
> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:40 AM
> > To: erielack_@_railfan.net
> > Subject: (erielack) PPL Martins Creek power plant
> > overview.. from website
> >
> >
> http://www.pplweb.com/ppl+generation/coal+plants/ppl+martins+creek/
> >
> > The Martins Creek power plant has four generation
> > units with a total
> > capacity of about 1,970 megawatts.
> >
> > The plant is located on a 750-acre site on the
> > Delaware River in Lower Mount
> > Bethel Township, Northampton County, about 15 miles
> > north of Easton, Pa. The
> > plant has about 220 full-time employees (figure
> > adjusted for seasonal
> > workload).
> >
> > Units 1 and 2 are coal-fired, and have a generating
> > capacity of 150
> > megawatts each. They began commercial operation in
> > 1954 and 1956,
> > respectively. These units are scheduled to be shut
> > down or repowered in
> > September 2007.
> >
> > Units 3 and 4 have a generating capacity of about
> > 835 megawatts each and can
> > be fueled by natural gas, oil or both. The units
> > were built in 1974 and
> > 1976, respectively, to burn crude or No. 6 fuel oil.
> > In 1996, PPL modified
> > the units so they could burn natural gas as well.
> >
> > Martins Creek is owned and operated by a subsidiary
> > of PPL Generation. PPL
> > manages hiking trails upriver from the plant as part
> > of the 215-acre Martins
> > Creek Environmental Preserve. Martins Creek also has
> > a boat launch area that
> > is open to the public.
> >
> > Adjacent to Martins Creek is PPL's Lower Mount
> > Bethel plant, a 582-megawatt
> > power plant fueled by natural gas.
> >
> > On Aug. 4, 1999, Martins Creek achieved "Star"
> > certification in the U.S.
> > Occupational Safety and Health Administration's
> > Voluntary Protection
> > Program. The plant was recertified in December 2002.
> >
> > The program recognizes companies that go beyond
> > compliance to protect worker
> > health and safety. The VPP Star certification is the
> > highest safety
> > recognition given within the program
> >
> > (from the PPL website)
> >
> >
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