A St. Cloud Smash
Another load of black diamonds are just a handful of miles away from their destination of Xcel's Sherco Powerplant. BNSF 6335 and company have the honors as they head past the Amtrak depot in St. Cloud.
Considering that Xcel plans on closing its two oldest (of three total) coal generators at the Becker site--the 680 MW Sherco 1, operating since 1976 and the 682 MW Sherco 2, operating since 1977--in 2023 and 2026 respectively, it will be interesting to see how many of these trains will continue to make the journey across the Staples Sub every day by then.
A St. Cloud Smash
Another load of black diamonds are just a handful of miles away from their destination of Xcel's Sherco Powerplant. BNSF 6335 and company have the honors as they head past the Amtrak depot in St. Cloud.
Considering that Xcel plans on closing its two oldest (of three total) coal generators at the Becker site--the 680 MW Sherco 1, operating since 1976 and the 682 MW Sherco 2, operating since 1977--in 2023 and 2026 respectively, it will be interesting to see how many of these trains will continue to make the journey across the Staples Sub every day by then.