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From: "J DOT Henry Priebe Jr DOT " root AT net DOT bluemoon DOT net
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:24:21 -0500 (EST)
Subject: DL&W Depew Coal Dock and Yard
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On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, David J. Monte Verde wrote:

> This was a concrete "coal dock", used to distribute Anthracite coal in the
> Buffalo & southern Canadian area, not the over the track coaling facility
> used to fuel the steam engines. Actually the Lackawanna did not burn
> Anthracite, much after the 20's. Before that, what they did they burn was
> the Anthracite mine waste, not pure Anthracite. Most of the Lackawanna's
> engine fuel came up the Bloom from the Pennsy, the PS&N at Wayland, and the
> BR&P at Buffalo.
>
> I am familiar with this dock, I spent many hours exploring the bases while
> waiting to get into Bison Yard on our Depew Lancaster & Western. As a note
> just east of the dock, where the EL built the "WK" crossover, there was a
> rather large stub ended coal yard, with a trailing point westbound switch
> off of the main, so coal trains arriving from the east could be backed in.
> If you look at aerial shots of the area you can still see the outline of the
> yard & tracks between the ERIE and the DL.

Here are two aerial shots, one from 1927 and the second from 1951, showing the
coal dock and yard just east of Union Rd on the DL&W.

Also visible are the Erie and LV lines.

The 1927 view is the better of the two. Note the lines crossing Union Rd at
grade in the 1927 shot and then grade separated by 1951.

The coal yard is full in the 1927 shot and mostly gone in 1951.

Henry

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