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LE&W 6773 ds boxcar at Plymouth Coal Breaker PA 1901

Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
 

Hi List Members,


LE&W 6773 ds boxcar at Plymouth Coal Breaker PA 1901


https://www.loc.gov/resource/det.4a07311/


Enjoy!


Claus Schlund

Philip Dove
 

What is a coal breaker for? In the UK shippers were keen not to break coal. 



-------- Original message --------
From: "Claus Schlund \(HGM\)" <claus@...>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023, 15:06
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: [RealSTMFC] LE&W 6773 ds boxcar at Plymouth Coal Breaker PA 1901
Hi List Members,


LE&W 6773 ds boxcar at Plymouth Coal Breaker PA 1901


https://www.loc.gov/resource/det.4a07311/


Enjoy!


Claus Schlund









Tim O'Connor
 


I think different coal consumers needed different sizes of coal to feed their fires, from very
coarse coal to fine coal. Think of coal stokers, and what sizes they are.

On 3/14/2023 6:08 PM, Philip Dove wrote:

What is a coal breaker for? In the UK shippers were keen not to break coal. 

-------- Original message --------
From: "Claus Schlund \(HGM\)" <claus@...>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023, 15:06
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: [RealSTMFC] LE&W 6773 ds boxcar at Plymouth Coal Breaker PA 1901
Hi List Members,

LE&W 6773 ds boxcar at Plymouth Coal Breaker PA 1901

https://www.loc.gov/resource/det.4a07311/

Enjoy!

--
Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts

Philip Dove
 

Thanks. Thinking about it the enthusiasm for not breaking coal was when transferring it from rail to ship for movement in bulk, until railways began to expand in the 1820s the main purpose of railways in Britain was to get coal to the nearest navigable waterway. Right to the end of the British coal Industry coal for London Power stations was transhipped from rail to sea for the 200 +miles to the generators on the banks of the River Thames. 



-------- Original message --------
From: Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023, 22:23
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] LE&W 6773 ds boxcar at Plymouth Coal Breaker PA 1901

I think different coal consumers needed different sizes of coal to feed their fires, from very
coarse coal to fine coal. Think of coal stokers, and what sizes they are.

On 3/14/2023 6:08 PM, Philip Dove wrote:
What is a coal breaker for? In the UK shippers were keen not to break coal. 

-------- Original message --------
From: "Claus Schlund \(HGM\)" <claus@...>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023, 15:06
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: [RealSTMFC] LE&W 6773 ds boxcar at Plymouth Coal Breaker PA 1901
Hi List Members,

LE&W 6773 ds boxcar at Plymouth Coal Breaker PA 1901

https://www.loc.gov/resource/det.4a07311/

Enjoy!

--
Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts

Dennis Storzek
 


To expand on what Tim said, Plymouth, Pennsylvania is in anthracite country, and anthracite is not prone to breakage, it truly is black diamonds. While mines screened bituminous coal into different market sizes, the tipples in anthracite country were called breakers because they had crushing machinery  to size the coal.

Dennis Storzek

Paul Doggett
 

Claus 

In Britain they were called coal washers in some places a washerie and were used to sort the different sizes of coal prior to loading. 


Paul Doggett.     England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 

On 14 Mar 2023, at 22:08, Philip Dove <philipdove22@...> wrote:


What is a coal breaker for? In the UK shippers were keen not to break coal. 



-------- Original message --------
From: "Claus Schlund \(HGM\)" <claus@...>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023, 15:06
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: [RealSTMFC] LE&W 6773 ds boxcar at Plymouth Coal Breaker PA 1901
Hi List Members,


LE&W 6773 ds boxcar at Plymouth Coal Breaker PA 1901


https://www.loc.gov/resource/det.4a07311/


Enjoy!


Claus Schlund









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