coal

Proto/Athearn SD60M

I dropped by my hobby shop today and picked up a bag of Woodland Scenics 'Mine Run Coal'. The bag is described as "9 cu. in. (147.5 cu.cm.)" and cost me $3.99 On the way back home I stopped at Michaels and found a bag of "Coarse Black Sand". This was a 2lb bag and cost me $3.00 Hard to...

Scratchbuilt working coal loadout. See April 2010 RMC for more info.

A BN train sets up to begin loading coal at the loadout down the road from here. See April 2010 RMC for more detail.

How does BNSF unload their coal? are they like Norfolk Southern and dump them upside down. Pictures would be helpful. I'm modeling a coal powerplant and need to model an unloading area. Please help. Since I'm modeling it pictures would be best or even video. I tried searching online but nothing...

A pair of SD38-2 locos, still wearing the colors of the fallen-flag Iron Belt regional line, pull a string of coal hoppers northbound through the town of Parma, Ohio, on CSX's Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling [CL&W] Subdivision. Their cargo is destined for the coke ovens of the Erie Steel...

This is a BNSF gp-50 #3205. It is the 3rd loco. of a 3 engine train, the engines in front are Santa Fe #6380 and Santa Fe #39. This engines next job will be a 4 car local to the local coal mine. It will take the 4 coal cars off the train to the coal mine to be filled with the coal.

A huge cloud of steam rises skyward as thousands of gallons of water rains down upon freshly-baked, 2000-F coke. The Iron Belt Railway (now a subdivision of CSX) transports the raw coal from mines in West Virginia to this Lake Erie steel mill; ore and limestone, the other two key ingredients in...

The chute is moved over and the loadout at Myra prepares to begin loading another coal train.

Rare power at the loadout. Note the relationship between the movable chute and the top of the car to prevent spillage.

BN 9615 leans into the curve approaching the Asarco Tunnel along the Tacoma Waterfront. Trainfest 2006 at the Washington State History Museum.

Crossing eastbound on the Stampede Line High bridge.

BN Coal Train crossing the high bridge on the stampede line. Trainfest 2006 at the Washington State History Museum.

BN 7914 heads up a Westbound Coal Train through the snow shed at Stampede, WA. Trainfest 2006 at the Washington State History Museum.

BN Coal Train with Oakway on the point. Taken during Trainfest 2006 at the Washington State History Museum.

BN Coal train from the Allen Subdivision ran during trainfest 2006 at the Washington State History Museum.

This is another oldie, but goodie. I "re-patched" this one, as Bowser had lettered it for CSXT, but did not leave a "patch". I have not sold this one.

This one was an earlier project, but I still like it. I kept this one for my self.