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(I've come to the conclusion there is no way I can fit my MRH small coal tower in the space available by the switcher turntable. So I'm thinking about alternatives that will fit into that very constrained space. And that means I might want to sell the tower model, since it's way too small for the eventual engine terminal that I'll build sometime this decade :-( ) dave Modeling 1890s (because the voices in my head told me to) Country: USA | Posts: 8855 Michael Hohn Fireman Posted - 12/31/2020 :  4:47:11 PM       Dave, Berg’s “Buildings and Structures of American Railroads” has plans for some small coal facilities, including — I believe — the sort of platform you have in mind. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.ar00877867&view=1up&seq=5 Mike Country: USA | Posts: 7257 CNE1899 Engine Wiper Supporting Member Posted - 12/31/2020 :  5:49:43 PM     Dave, I am putting together a small layout that will be a small railroad. Here are some of the coaling stations I'm considering. Country: | Posts: 190 deemery Fireman Premium Member Posted - 12/31/2020 :  6:20:10 PM     Thanks! I knew I'd get some good inspiration by asking. Interesting 2 stall roundhouse in that last photo, too. dave Modeling 1890s (because the voices in my head told me to) Country: USA | Posts: 8855 CNE1899 Engine Wiper Supporting Member Posted - 12/31/2020 :  7:59:01 PM     Dave, The pictures are from the Trainweb. http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR_Bruce/BRANCHES_2.htm Scott Country: | Posts: 190 Empire of the Air Engine Wiper Posted - 01/01/2021 :  1:21:10 PM     Dave, Some railroads referred to them as a "coal wharf". The HABS/HAER site has drawings of the DL&W wharf that was in the Scranton yards. They refer to it as a "coal trestle." Link: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/hhh.pa1903.sheet.00001a/?co=hh Regards, Wallace Country: USA | Posts: 121 darrylhuffman Crew Chief Posted - 01/03/2021 :  11:55:05 AM       What a great source of information. This forum is great. Country: USA | Posts: 878 jbvb Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/03/2021 :  1:00:01 PM       In a discussion elsewhere, I'd suggested a crane as shown by Scott, located between a small coal wharf and an ash-pit. That way, one crane could unload coal, then load ash into the same gondola car. Country: USA | Posts: 6817 deemery Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/03/2021 :  2:16:38 PM     The one thing I'm wondering about is the advisability of an ash dump right next to the coal. That seems to be a bit risky (fire) to me. But yeah, that would fit in the available space quite nicely, I think. I'll need to draw up some plans and do a mock-up. Plus I have a Rusty Stump crane kit (now in Rail-Scale Models line) that would be perfect for the crane part. dave Modeling 1890s (because the voices in my head told me to) Country: USA | Posts: 8855 TRAINS1941 Engineer Premium Member Posted - 01/03/2021 :  3:12:12 PM     That looks like it would be a nice fit Dave. Besides that's why they have fire hoses!! Jerry "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." A. Lincoln Country: USA | Posts: 13235 Tintic Range Section Hand Posted - 01/09/2021 :  11:02:59 PM     Another option is to just have a track for a gondola and a small steam or air loader. That's what the Central Pacific did in many locations, including the helper terminal at Terrace Utah. The Virginia & Truckee inherited one of the CPRR coal loaders and used it in Carson City. Rio Grande Models makes a kit for these, so whenever the new owners make them available again this is a possibility. 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