The White River Paper Co is now know as White River Board & Fibre

The White River Paper Co. is now known as White River Board & Fibre Co.  This change all started last June when I attended a clinic presented by Steve Mc about operations on his railway Carleton Railway http://carletonrailway.blogspot.com/ .  Part of the clinic was on the research he did for each of the industries on the railway.  My original plan for the Mill was to convert recylced paper into paper towels.  During my research I found out the largest use of recylced paper is to produce cardboard.  This is the first change in the Plant, during my research I found a paper on the chemicals required to produce different types of cardboard.  To produce a printable outer layer for cardboard, will require #2 coating clay and calcium carbonate, which are both shipped by 40ft tank cars that I have had to retire in the original plan. The other chemicals are shipped in box cars, 30ft tank cars,  and covered hoppers.  The Board Mill has at present has two 250 tons per day board machines, one machine produces the outer printable layer of the cardboard and the second machine produces the inner layer of the cardboard.  The middle layer is produced at another mill.  These layers are rolled on tubes to produce large rolls which are shipped out to a plant to produce the cardboard for boxes.

A few of the tracks at the Mill now have  different uses.  The second track in the Receiving Warehouse is now for boxcars carrying chemicals in boxes or drums.  The liquid chemical track does not change.  The old Airslide Track is now for Airslides and covered hoppers.  The old covered hopper track is now the Board Mill Shipping Warehouse.

The other mill, which housed the old shipping warehouse, is now the Fibre Mill.  This mill is based on a mill that I worked at when I was going to University.  One of the products of the mill is egg cartons,  you know the ones you get with a dozen eggs.  Other products in the family include berry boxes, plates you get your pizza slice on, the holder to carry your drinks at the fast food restaurant, the tray to hold fruit in shipping boxes, just to name a few products. 

The annex on the Mill has been removed and this track will be used to hold empty boxcars before going to the Fibre Mill and Bunker "C" unloading.  Because of the temperature requirements of the drying ovens, steam from the Boiler Plant can not be used, a Bunker "C" boiler has been installed to meet the requirements of the drying ovens.

The three outside tank unload spots on the old arrangement have be removed at present. 
The overall traffic at the two Mills will be down a few cars for now with these changes.

until next time

Doug