Even though it rained all day, 32 NMRA Members from the convention were determined to have a great day. We are on our way to the Barrick & Sons Quarry at Woodsboro, Md on a rainy morning.
Picture of a picture taken in the Barrick Company Offices during a comfort break.
Picture of a picture taken in the Barrick Company Offices during a comfort break. This lime kiln is now partially buried.
View #1 of the partially buried lime stone kiln.
View #2 of the partially buried lime stone kiln.
A clear view of the quarry before the blast.
The Quarry schedules a blast for the tour. See the smoke in the center of the picture.
Looking across the quarry pit.
Lots of construction aggregates.
Neat buildings doing stuff!
Big machinary needs plenty of electricity.
Close-up of the rail load out at the quarry
Overall view of the rail load out. Note a second out of service loading station across the tracks.
LeGore Stone Arch Bridge. This five span stone arch bridge was built in the late 19th century across the Monocacy River to allow moving lime products north to Pennsylvania for the LeGore Quarry.
The LeGore Stone Arch Bridge is presently being repaired.
The old Western Maryland Depot at Union Bridge now houses the Western Maryland Railway Historical Society Museum. Society members provided personalized guided tours through the museum during our mid-day lunch break.
Close up of the 32 silo bulk loading facility at the Lehigh Cement Company Plant. Both trucks and rail cars can be loaded here. (April 2009 photo)
Tail tracks for the bulk cement loading silos. Tracks used to continue down the middle of Farquhar St. to a connection to the Western Maryland Railway Mainline. (April 2009 photo)
How would you like to live this close to the track that used to run down Farquhar St. to the cement plant before the Maryland Midland put in a new service track in the early 2000's. (April 2009 photo)
Dramatic close-up! (April 2009 photo)
Lehigh Cement's 17 foot diameter rotary kiln.
The clinker storage silo at the end of the kiln.
A different view of the clinker storage silo
From left to right, Raw material storage building, blending silo, coal mill, the tall preheater tower, and the vertical roller mill. (April 2009 photo)
Materials silo, the vertical roller mill, and the preheater tower. (April 2009 photo)
400 foot diameter, 126 foot high, self supporting storage dome for limestone and the materials storage building. (April 2009 photo)
Truck bulk loading silo.
More conveyors and it is still raining.
Looking through one of the rail/truck bulk loading bays.
A brighter photo of the loading bay.
Cut of covered hoppers being loaded.
Maryland Midland backing in to grab a cut of loaded covered hoppers.
Maryland Midland pulls a cut of loaded covered hoppers from the storage silos.
Coal storage yard. 50 trucks a day deliver coal to the cement plant because a main line railroad would not cooperation on pricing. That's 1,800 coal cars/year that don't come to this plant. End of tour.
