Balloon Tracks at Coal Wharves ?

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That nice photograph of a Y6 at the Farm Coal Wharf, which Herr O'Dalton posted, started me thinking (... bad thing.)

Farm used a mechanical elevator apparatus to raise the coal into the bin. (I will bet everyone went into Super-Crisis Mode when the electric motor failed on that hoist ! )

Vicker on the Radford Division, and Phoebe (?) on the Norfolk Division, used a "balloon track" arrangement for mid-Division coal wharf supply. (In both cases, the geography afforded the open spaces needed for such an arrangement.)

So, I am wondering in how many places the N&W used a balloon track for feeding coal to a coal wharf?

Bonus Question: Where was the mid-Division main line coaling station on the East End of the Norfolk Division? I have forgotten...

-- abramo burnardo
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