Case Study
Railside Car Shaker
NAVCO® ? 11929 Brittmoore Park Drive ? Houston, Texas 77041 ? 832-467-3636 ? Fax 832-467-3800 Toll Free 800-231-0164 ? www.navco.us NAVCO Case History 1000.551 Unloading Return on Investment Rapid discharge unit trains, delivering coal to a Southeastern coal fired power generating facility, were not completely unloading. The coal “carry back” was significant, but even just one percent in a 100 car train equates to one full car of coal being carried back across country to the mine. The solution, with a quick ROI, was the NAVCO Railside Car Shaker. The manufacturer of the railroad cars was working with the power plant to solve the problem and contacted NAVCO. NAVCO suggested a trial of their Railside Car Shaker and worked with the railcar manufacture