Coal operations

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David,

Attended a clinic (don't remember if it was a C&O or an N&W function)about
what traffic you could see at a coal mine besides coal cars.  Mines would
use machinery, oil for that machinery, timber, tools, etc.  Some box cars
and a few tank cars would not be inappropriate.  And on some branch lines
there was some minimal passenger service that served as "commuter service"
for the miners.  Don't know for sure, but it sounds like you're in a later
period than would support animals (horses or mules?)around the mines.  And
if your "real" location was served by another road besides N&W, you have
more possibilities.

Frank Bongiovanni


On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 8:35 AM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a small branch line (proto freelance), about 12*12.  The stuff on
> the layout is n&w design and used in real locations.  However, the coal
> mines need to be very abbreviated.  I have one "real" tipple that is from
> the clinch some where.
>
> It's an around the walls with a center pennensula after a lance Mindheim
> design.  My space is not 100 percent the same so it's modified.
>
> In general the layout runs by having coal or coal/empties.  I run around
> swapping the loads for mty.  Then I sort the coal by size.  I was very
> careful about including the nearby town with a combo station.  I also made
> sure to have another large industry besides coal for interest.  A wood
> finishing Mill, gives an excuse for a box car.  Right now I have a pickle
> salting place, but I have not but the mill yet ... Looking for pics of one.
>
> The mix keeps it fun.  I run to shifters, one passenger, one freight.  Or
> I combine the two into a mixed for fun.  One shifter goes out.  The am
> passenger goes, then the shifter goes back.  Then the passenger returns.
> Then I do the pm shifter and mixed.  My layout has a nice passing siding at
> a branch junction.  I use signals, but that is because I love them and
> enjoy making CTC stuff.  I use flagging instructions like on the tug fork
> article.
>
> So the whole point is my layout fills up a small outer yard for a large
> branch line.  We keep the coal moving.
>
> I change the year by changing out the locos and passenger (get rid of if
> 1959).  So you can see M,E,Z or Y6 depending on the day.
>
> David
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 6:59 AM NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have a coal operating layout that does more than haul coal
>> drags?  I try to envision running mine runs with a group of people and I
>> can come up with only one person pulling a train of empties up the branch.
>> I don’t have room for more than one branch. So I’m the one person but I
>> want to have people over to share the fun.
>> Some do a great job of hauling coal but I think there may be compromises
>> on pure N&W described in books and these lists with the desire to have
>> friends over. Modelling is full of compromises, of course.
>> How have others modeled coal mining operations? ie picking up loads and
>> dropping empties...etc
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Mike Shockley
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