N&W in 1910--Coal crappers

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Ok, I've got to ask, exactly what are "coal crappers" guilty of doing and how do they do it?
 
Chuck Stewart
Bahama, NC


 Chuck:
Strictly from what I was told by a Pocahontas Div. supervisor -- I won't vow that
it's correct.   Not the "coal crappers", but the mountaineers needing to heat
their homes would tie a bag of rocks to the semaphore arm so that the signal
displayed a "stop" indication.  While the train crew complied with the signal
indication, the coal-diggers would throw coal off.  Harry Bundy

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