There are photos of collieries with a yard of cars on tracks which have been loaded with all different sizes of coal. At least at some collieries, the coal was sorted by size. SGL > -----Original Message----- > From: Adams, Frank P [mailto:frank.p.adams_@_verizonbusiness.com] > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:01 PM > To: EL Mail List > Subject: RE: (erielack) Notes on the Types and sizes of Anthracite > > Understand sizes were more or less standardized, could one assume coal > from a particular colliery was all the same grade, or were those mixed > as well? So in addition to having the right number of cars at a breaker > given the needs (contracts, and of course the current business climate) > those cars also need to be sorted by size and quality.... Geeze, > perhaps the railroad coal departments actually earned some of that money > from the black diamonds! > > Frank > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > http://EL-List.railfan.net/ > To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
This HTML page is © 2000-2009 Blue Moon Online System and The Railfan Network
This page and the data contained therein may not be reproduced
for any form of commercial use without the explicit permission
of J. Henry Priebe Jr. or his duly authorized agent.