Black Diamond Express
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MDC/Roundhouse Lehigh & New England NE caboose custom painted and decaled
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tompm
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MDC/Roundhouse Lehigh & New England NE caboose custom painted and decaled
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TCkBchy4Do
OldGettysk
Running the MC & Buffalo
Really nice work again Tom !!
tompm
Active Member
Thanks everyone!
Actually there weren’t too many coal only drags. Most of the time there were other cars in the train with the coal hoppers making up 80 tom90% of the train. Most photos I have seen of coal drags or trains made up of primarily coal hoppers one road dominates but there is usually other roads intermixed. In almost every photo I have seen of coal hoppers on the LNE there is usually a P&LE hopper.
In Pennsylvania there were several roads serving the coal regions. We had the Reading, Lehigh & New England, Jersey Central, PRR, Lehigh Valley, DL&W, NYO&W, and I am sure there are others. In many cases they would occupy different shores of rivers as the river cut through the mountains. Sometimes they shared the same sides. Many towns were served by three or more roads. Also ownership of the various roads was intermingled. At one time the Reading and B&O owned controlling interest in the CNJ and the B&O owned the Reading at the same time. At one point the LV was owned in part by the PRR.
So to answer your question, yes there could be more than one road in a coal drag.
Actually there weren’t too many coal only drags. Most of the time there were other cars in the train with the coal hoppers making up 80 tom90% of the train. Most photos I have seen of coal drags or trains made up of primarily coal hoppers one road dominates but there is usually other roads intermixed. In almost every photo I have seen of coal hoppers on the LNE there is usually a P&LE hopper.
In Pennsylvania there were several roads serving the coal regions. We had the Reading, Lehigh & New England, Jersey Central, PRR, Lehigh Valley, DL&W, NYO&W, and I am sure there are others. In many cases they would occupy different shores of rivers as the river cut through the mountains. Sometimes they shared the same sides. Many towns were served by three or more roads. Also ownership of the various roads was intermingled. At one time the Reading and B&O owned controlling interest in the CNJ and the B&O owned the Reading at the same time. At one point the LV was owned in part by the PRR.
So to answer your question, yes there could be more than one road in a coal drag.
grande man
Bonafied Grande Nut
Two thumbs up! Your trains always look fantastic Tom. 
dragging the floor with envy. Outstanding photos of some great hoppers, dirt and all.
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