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  1. 9228-8.jpg

    9228-8.jpg

    Proto/Athearn SD60M
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  2. eTraxx

    Source for scale Coal

    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...
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  3. Coal loadout

    Coal loadout

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

    The new loadout

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

    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...
  6. Iron Belt #236 leads a northbound coal drag

    Iron Belt #236 leads a northbound coal drag

    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...
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  7. BNSF #3205

    BNSF #3205

    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.
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  8. Coke quenching in action

    Coke quenching in action

    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...
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  9. loadout at Myra

    loadout at Myra

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

    loadout

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

    Leaning into the curve

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

    BN 9615 Eastbound

    Crossing eastbound on the Stampede Line High bridge.
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  13. Crossing the high bridge

    Crossing the high bridge

    BN Coal Train crossing the high bridge on the stampede line. Trainfest 2006 at the Washington State History Museum.
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  14. Westbound at Stampede, WA

    Westbound at Stampede, WA

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

    Winding into Lester, WA

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

    BN Coal Train

    BN Coal train from the Allen Subdivision ran during trainfest 2006 at the Washington State History Museum.
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  17. Weathered Bowser Chessie/CSX Patched 3 Bay Coal Hopper

    Weathered Bowser Chessie/CSX Patched 3 Bay Coal Hopper

    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.
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    • 3 bay bowser chessie coal csx hopper patched weathered
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  18. Weathered Walthers CSX 4 Bay Coal Hopper

    Weathered Walthers CSX 4 Bay Coal Hopper

    This one was an earlier project, but I still like it. I kept this one for my self.
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    • 4 bay coal csx hopper walthers weathered
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