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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-04 04:01 PM
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Has Anybody Seen My Plastic Pellets?




Workers transfer plastic pellets from a train stuck on a buckled trestle near Livingston, Texas Friday, Feb. 20, 2004. The 60-car Union Pacific train was crossing the bridge over the Trinity River late Thursday when a concrete support shifted and a span slipped off its support. The tracks separated in two places, causing freight cars loaded with plastic pellets to slip off their tracks, spilling some pellets into the river. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-04 04:06 PM
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1. Yikes!
Plastic pellets? :shrug:
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-04 04:08 PM
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2. I think they heat them up to make plastic thingies
I BELIEVE that pellets is the best way to ship them, but then I really only guessing.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-04 04:09 PM
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3. Ahhhh...makes sense.
:think:
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-04 04:15 PM
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4. Yes the pellets can then be
processed on a variety of equipment to make the final product.
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