Hey guys, Here is an interesting former US Steel met coal mine and railroad: Back around Easter I was doing some coal/railfanning along the Mon river south of...
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Ron Stafford
rrstaff@xxxxx.xxxx
Apr 29, 1999 5:55 am
Joe: Hello. Just signed on to the list on Monday evening and not knowing what to expect, I thought I'd wait and see just what type of discussions were taking...
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Nale
JNale@xxx.xxxx
Apr 29, 1999 4:03 am
Ron, Thanks for the info!!! Very senic and very interesting! According to my underground mine maps of the area I assume that Cumberland was built to further...
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Nale
JNale@xxx.xxxx
Apr 30, 1999 5:03 pm
CONSOL Energy Inc. Announces Initial Public Offering PITTSBURGH, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX), one of the largest coal companies in...
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rockhillno9@xxxxx.xxx
May 2, 1999 12:40 am
I have a couple questions about mining around the Kingwood area of West Virgina. What mine or loader does the CSXT Kingwood branch serve? Also what mines did...
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Nale
JNale@xxx.xxxx
May 2, 1999 2:00 am
Rock, According to the July 96 issue of Railpace in the late 80's the WVN saw a drastic reduction in coal traffic. The F&M Coal Co. and Preston Energy prep...
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Ron Stafford
wvcrr@xxxx.xxxx
May 3, 1999 1:44 am
Rock: On Sat 5/1/99, you wrote...... ... The only active loader on the Kingwood Subdivision that I know of at present is Patriot Mining Company's (Anker...
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Nale
JNale@xxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 2:18 am
Anybody think much is going on down on CSX's Thomas Sub. down past Bayard, WVA to Henry and up to Mount Storm these days? I was down there last summer and it...
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JandB
jandb01@xxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 10:33 am
Hi. I'm Jim Flynn, live in MA., and am a model railroader. My modeling interest is the Hocking Valley coal region, in SE Ohio, circa 1920's. I was wondering if...
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Nale
JNale@xxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 12:04 pm
Jim, I know of a decent book put out by the state of Ohio called something like the History of the Coal Industry in Ohio which has of pictures of mines and ...
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JandB
jandb01@xxx.xxxx
May 6, 1999 12:38 am
Joe, thank you very much!!! My wife & I were out to Ohio to visit family in March, and did a shopping trip (wife, daughter, niece) to Columbus. I went to the...
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JandB
jandb01@xxx.xxxx
May 6, 1999 12:38 am
Joe, thank you very much!!! My wife & I were out to Ohio to visit family in March, and did a shopping trip (wife, daughter, niece) to Columbus. I went to the...
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Rockhill NumberNine
rockhillno9@xxxxx.xxxx
May 7, 1999 2:27 am
From a friend who is familiar with the Bayard area: The last I heard the old WM up there around Bayard is only getting a couple a trains a week out of Mettiki....
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Nale
JNale@xxx.xxxx
May 9, 1999 2:41 am
NS has issued a new Coal Guide and a copy of it is on their website. This guide incorporates tipples found on Conrail and is complete with maps of each...
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kevharris@xxxxxxxxxx....
May 17, 1999 11:16 am
Hi! Does anyone have any information (maps, etc) about CSX's coal operations in and out of Logan and Peach Creek Yard? Also, more specifically, the Twin...
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Nale
JNale@xxx.xxxx
May 17, 1999 11:28 pm
Kevin, The best I can do is point you to CSX's webpage coal directory. http://www.csxt.com/com/coal/facilities.htm I hope someone else can help you out better!...
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Nale
JNale@xxx.xxxx
May 22, 1999 1:26 am
A while back someone asked about the West Virginia Northern and I was just looking in my 1957 B&O Coal Mine & Coke Oven Directory and found that the WVN had 19...
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Rockhill NumberNine
rockhillno9@xxxxx.xxxx
May 27, 1999 1:45 pm
Hi Does anyone know if anything is left of bethlehem's coal hauler in central Pa - the Cambria and Indiana railroad? I think Bethlehem shut down the last...
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Joe32872@xxx.xxx
May 28, 1999 2:32 pm
Regarding the old C&I nothing much is left up there. Bethlehem tore the tracks out from Ebensburg to Colver right after Mine 33 closed in Aug of 94. The shop...
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Joe32872@...
May 29, 1999 2:17 pm
I was reading yesterday how Norfolk Southern will operate in the Monongahela Coalfield of SW PA and Northern WVA. NS will own and operate the lines and it's...
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Rockhill NumberNine
rockhillno9@xxxxx.xxxx
May 30, 1999 1:44 am
I hear tell that Consolidation is reopening the Robinson Run Mine down in WVA and that their Loveridge mine has been closed down for the next couple months....
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mpend
mpend@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 7, 1999 5:27 pm
... Hey Joseph, Just a little about myself. My main Coal interest is Dickenson county Virginia, a.k.a. Clinchfield Country. My other hobby is Railroading....
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Joe32872@xxx.xxx
Jun 8, 1999 3:32 pm
We welcome Mike to the list and his interest in modeling coal branches in the 60's and 70's causes me ask (in the interest of modeling accuracy) when Unit ...
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mpend
mpend@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 9, 1999 2:10 pm
hi, Here's one for you. Do any of you have photos you can copy for me? I am interested in coal mine buildings, breakers and loadouts. I am trying to research...
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William Angus
wja@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 10, 1999 2:52 am
... Dear Joe and list, I'm modeling the Milwaukee Road in and around Terre Haute, IN circa 1978. The Wabash River Power Plant is served by this line and the...
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Joe32872@xxx.xxx
Jun 10, 1999 1:20 pm
Thanks Bill. I was reading an article on the Cambria & Indiana RR here in Pennsylvania and I see that 105 car Pennsylvania Power & Light unit trains of 100...
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joe32872@xxx.xxx
Jul 1, 1999 2:21 am
From the Energy Information Administration: (As found in "Coal Age" magazine 6/99.) YTD as of week ending May 2nd. % + or - compared to a year ago. Wyoming...
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L J Rorabaugh
roadkill@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 9, 1999 5:18 pm
Hi Won't jump into the man-trip until ya put in windows....Come from coal mining country of the company towns in western PA I never worked in the mines but I...
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Joe32872@xxx.xxx
Jul 10, 1999 4:31 pm
Jim & Lois, Good to have you aboard. Could you share info as to which mines you hauled (by truck?) from here in PA and what years?? Joe...
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mpend
mpend@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 10, 1999 7:57 pm
Jim, I am considering modeling a coal mine and breaker scene on my model railroad. Would you happen to have any information, i.e. pictures, magazine articles...
