Coal mine Blueprints

[NW Modeling List]

Blueprints can be hard to find, but lots of photos to scale from in
"Billion Dollar Coalfield" and the Branch Line series published by the
Society.

Grant Carpenter


> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013

>

> Hi!

> I need some help! I have spent most of the past 2 Saturdays searching the



> net for Blueprints for a West Virginia style mine. I am building a large 

> model  railroad based on the Pocahontas Division From Williamson to

Bluefield. 

> I have  the track charts for the division and it names a number of mines. 

> However I have  come to face the fact that trying to model each and every

mine 

> accurately would  probably eat up 2 - 3 lifetimes just doing the

research! 

> LOL SO along that trend  of thought I have decided to model a few as

close 

> as possible and the rest will  be based on practices of the time. 

> I am looking for a book, set of articles, web based site I may not have  

> found that has a mine broken down into it's basic components. Then of

course I 

>  need some key dimensions like how high the floor is above the rails.  

> Picking table and screen arrangements. If I wanted to build a Colorado

mine a  

> lot of this is on the net but so far WV has been a bust. Any one have any



> insights please share them with me!

> Thanks in advance!

> Ray Russell Sr.