TERMINAL RAILROAD REDUCES SMOKE FROM
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES
St. Louis, MO, September 6, 2001
-- The Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis has undertaken a
project to reduce pollution by using a combustion enhancer fuel additive to help
clean the air in St. Louis, according to Terminal President, W. D. Spencer.
According to Spencer, since treatment began in June tests
have shown that pollution (soot) emitted from the locomotive stacks has been
reduced by forty to ninety-two percent. In
addition to the locomotive engines, railroad equipment such as graders and
cranes have been tested with the same combustion enhancer and shown reductions
of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in the
range of fifty to seventy-two percent.
"We have a responsibility to our community to do our
share to reduce pollution" said Mr. Spencer. "Not only have we reduced air pollution, but because our
engines are burning cleaner and more efficiently, we are realizing a net fuel
savings of approximately $110,000 annually thanks to this combustion enhancer -
RxP."
RxP is the only product known to reduce CO, HC and NOx
emissions, according to Don Woodward, President of RxP Products, Inc. and
supplier of the combustion-enhancing additive.
"They don't smoke like they use to," says
Terminal Manager of Locomotives, Phil Daley.
"After we started using RxP the yardmen couldn’t tell when the
engines were running by just looking at the stacks."
Every locomotive that is fueled at the St. Louis site is
now being treated with RxP according to Spencer.
Fuel consumption tests monitored and administered by Metro
East Industries and the opacity tests showing the reduction in pollution, verify
that Terminal Railroad is helping to clean up the air in St. Louis.
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Nancy Rackley, President
RxP Products, Inc.
1630 22nd Street North
St. Petersburg, FL 33713
Telephone: 727 327-2394 or 800 297 5828
Facsimile: 727 321-8540
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List
Bob
Cizek, VP Industrial Sales
RxP
Products, Inc.
Camdenton,
MO 65020
Telephone
/ Facsimile 573 346-7502
E-mail: See E-mail List