Visit to 611 and Spencer

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From my understanding, the J's did not have coal boards added to their tenders.  Dog houses yes, but not coal boards. The A's and Y's did have them.The ones on the 611 now were added in Birmingham in 1990 or 1991-ish. Thanks,Will Sadler 
-------- Original message --------From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> Date: 2/26/20  6:30 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org Subject: RE: Visit to 611 and Spencer Do you happen to know if there are photos of J’s with coal boards?     Thx,  John Garner From: NW Mailing List [mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 9:50 AMTo: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.orgSubject: Re: Visit to 611 and Spencer Ken:For a Class J in passenger service to Cincinnati the problem was coal. Probablya canteen wouldn't have solved the problem.  Cincinnati Union Terminal usedjoint facility accounting to charge each road its proportion of expenses.  As NYC,PRR, CNO&TP and other roads changed to diesel power, N&W began paying agreater percentage for coal.  The solution ?  Put coal boards on the J tenders,top off westbound at Prichard (WV), hope the Class J didn't run out of coal onthe Prichard-Cincinnati-Prichard cycle.  There were too many close calls.                                                                               Harry Bundy    
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