Steam Loco Coal

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I believe that was Pond Creek Colliery across the river from 
Williamson, it was the normal source of most locomotive stoker coal.

Ken Miller

On Mar 26, 2006, at 11:48 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:


>  Jim, remember the mine at Williamson where they brought the coal from 

> the mine across the river from the Kentucky side in a bucket conveyer 

> to the coaling station in the yard? Well, that is a mine from which 

> they got coal for their locomotives. Don't know if there were others, 

> but they sure used that one.  Jim Nichols

>

> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

>> While we are trying to discover how locomotive sand was transported 

>> and where it came from, does anyone know where N&W obtained its coal 

>> for its steam locomotives?

>>  

>> Certainly, it was on-line and probably one of the operations owned by 

>> the Pocahontas Land Corporation?  But which one(s)?

>>  

>> Obviously, it was shipped in N&W hoppers! <vbg>

>>  

>> Jim Brewer

>>  

>>

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