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Ashland Coal & Iron (later C&O) railroad had similar (but standard between the rails drop-doors) coke hopper cars -- hopper cars with rack extensions. These Southern cars had side-dump doors. They would work equally well for low density coke or charcoal.

Al Kresse

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From: "Cyril and Lynn Durrenberger durrecj@... [STMFC]"
To: STMFC@...
Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 12:35:08 AM
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Loading Char Coal in Alabama

Was there a charcoal plant at Randolph Ala?

That is an interesting Southern hopper car.

Cyril Durrenberger
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On Sat, 12/5/15, Charles Peck lnnrr152@... [STMFC] wrote:

Subject: Re: [STMFC] Loading Char Coal in Alabama
To: STMFC@...
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2015, 1:47 PM

If Randolph was near
Birmingham, I might guess coke. But Randolph is quite
east,not industrial, and the photo label
says charcoal. I see no reason to second guessthe label. Chuck Peck in
FL
On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 2:04
PM, water.kresse@...
[STMFC]
wrote:

Charcoal
or Coke in 1909?

Al Kresse

From:
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Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2015 1:42:57
PM
Subject: [STMFC] Loading Char Coal
in Alabama

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caboose9792@...

#139142

Blast furnaces in West KY used charcoal until the end of operations on the eve of WWI. The availably of wood, iron ore and cheep labor locally made it economical. Unfortunately it wasn't until after the war a deposit of coaking coal was found along the IC to the north and the furnaces had long since been out of production, replaced by the modern furnaces elsewhere.

Mark Rickert

In a message dated 12/5/2015 1:04:15 P.M. Central Standard Time, STMFC@... writes:

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Charcoal or Coke in 1909?

Al Kresse

Cyril Durrenberger

#139138

Was there a charcoal plant at Randolph Ala?

That is an interesting Southern hopper car.

Cyril  Durrenberger
--------------------------------------------

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On Sat, 12/5/15, Charles Peck lnnrr152@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [STMFC] Loading Char Coal in Alabama
 To: STMFC@...
 Date: Saturday, December 5, 2015, 1:47 PM

       If Randolph was near
 Birmingham, I might guess coke.  But Randolph is quite
 east,not industrial, and the photo label
 says charcoal. I see no reason to second guessthe label. Chuck Peck in
 FL
 On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 2:04
 PM, water.kresse@...
 [STMFC] <STMFC@...>
 wrote:

       Charcoal
 or Coke in 1909?

 Al Kresse

 From:
 "rwitt_2000@...
 [STMFC]" <STMFC@...>
 To: STMFC@...
 Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2015 1:42:57
 PM
 Subject: [STMFC] Loading Char Coal
 in Alabama

 A site new to me with a few items under
 "railroads"

 "Charcoal
 Loading at Randolph Ala." :: Alabama Photographs and
 Pictures Collection

 "Charcoal Loading at Randolph
 Ala." :: Alabama...
 File
 Name Q9455 Digital image order form http://www.archives.alabama.gov/photo_order_form.pdf
 Permission to publish form

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 on digital.archives.alaba...

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Charles Peck

#139137

If Randolph was near Birmingham, I might guess coke. But Randolph is quite east,

not industrial, and the photo label says charcoal. I see no reason to second guess

the label.

Chuck Peck in FL

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On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 2:04 PM, water.kresse@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:

Charcoal or Coke in 1909?

Al Kresse

From: "rwitt_2000@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...>
To: STMFC@...
Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2015 1:42:57 PM
Subject: [STMFC] Loading Char Coal in Alabama

A site new to me with a few items under "railroads"

"Charcoal Loading at Randolph Ala." :: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection

"Charcoal Loading at Randolph Ala." :: Alabama...
File Name Q9455 Digital image order form http://www.archives.alabama.gov/photo_order_form.pdf Permission to publish form

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water.kresse@...

#139136

Charcoal or Coke in 1909?

Al Kresse

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From: "rwitt_2000@... [STMFC]"
To: STMFC@...
Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2015 1:42:57 PM
Subject: [STMFC] Loading Char Coal in Alabama

A site new to me with a few items under "railroads"

"Charcoal Loading at Randolph Ala." :: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection


			"Charcoal Loading at Randolph Ala." :: Alabama... File Name Q9455 Digital image order form http://www.archives.alabama.gov/photo_order_form.pdf Permission to publish form
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rwitt_2000

#139135

A site new to me with a few items under "railroads"

"Charcoal Loading at Randolph Ala." :: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection


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