The coal we burned was anthracite most of the time. My assumption is that the coal would have traveled via NYC hoppers to a dealer in Chelsea or Everett. The iconic "Anthony's Pier 4 Restaurant" is ac

I've seen bituminous coal referred to as steam coal in areas where anthracite is used for home heating. Ed, The term "steam coal" was often used interchangeably, to a point of confusion, and with refe

Compared to steelmaking uses? I seriously doubt it. But maybe you mean for fuel use outside of the in-plant or in-company consumption of coke made for blast furnaces. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature P

Was their gas the result of coke production? Something I have always wondered about.. Yes, That was the most common source of coke. The Lowell (Mass.) Gas Works shut down in the late 1970's when it co

_Re: Pipe loads on the cheap _ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/message/77528;_ylc=X3oDMTJyaThmYmU1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI1NTQ3NTMEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1M TY5NzI1BG1zZ0lkAzc3NTI4BHNlYwNkbXNnBHNsawN2

Gents, There's bee no mention here of "Drill Pipe" as used in the petroleum exploration and well drill drilling. This certainly was shipped via rail, given the remote locations (distanced from mills)

There may be a future for our hobby but what will it be? First come the (full sized) trains.............then the fascination, and maybe after that the modeling. The trouble is that there are fewer and

--- In _STMFC@... (mailto:STMFC@...) , "Charles Morrill" <badlands@..b> asked: New At one time Ford had a plant in Edgewater, NJ which was located on the Hudson River. Maybe t

Who was feeding NYO&W from the west at Scranton? Lackawanna? Lehigh Valley, via Austin Junction at the end of the Capouse Branch. The run was then from Scranton to Maybrook, with traffic thence over t

Well Don, let me see if I can help you here. If you look on page #45 of the Carstens Publications book, Grand Trunk Heritage by Phill Hastings, you shall find a photo of one "second out", as we railro

Tahoe Model Works currently has a clearance hole about .120" diameter. Has anyone been happy with it? I'm willing to change it. Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV A smaller center hole, w

Bill's right...........the O&W combines (mostly) that wound up on branch lines were at or near the end of service lives, and most were quite antique and still had gas lighting right through to the end

I'm a bit surprised to see so many references to chalk and none to soapstone. I've seen any number of references in historic railroad rule books, special instructions or ETTs about making markings wit

A number of eastern roads rostered low side gons for coal service.........often referred to as "Shovel Cars." They were often used to load business consumers' bins, which had a coal bin door opening r

Can't anyone image an individual who is a fanatic on locomotive detailing, or builds outstanding prototypical scenery and just doesn't care as much for building and weathering freight cars? That being

Further to the discussion of chalk marks, don't forget that car inspectors chalk marked cars for either bad order or R.I.P. track placement. As far as I know, most roads had a series of "Codes" used b

Some roads, D&H, MEC, CNJ regularly used the very low side gondolas for coal, and indeed they were simply shoveled clean. In some simple references they were called "Shovel Cars..........." Many small

In a message dated 4/8/2006 6:46:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, STMFC@... writes: Wheel sets from Reboxx with longer axles would take up some of that side-to-side slack but is that important