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Brian Norden

December 28, 2018 11:25PM

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I seem to recall that the Chama, Durango, and Gunnison coaling towers were all built about at the same time and to similar (or same) plans. These were built as part of the upgrading of the narrow gauge in the mid-twenties.

In 2005 there was a thread about the Chama Coaling Tower that has some of this information.

Prior to the coaling towers the company used good old gravity to transfer the coal into the tenders. By the mid-twenties these locations had electric power available.

BN

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Chama coal trestle BEFORE the [current] coaling tower ...	Rader Sidetrack	December 28, 2018 08:43PM
Re: Chama coal trestle BEFORE the [current] coaling tower ...	Tomstp	December 28, 2018 09:01PM
Re: Chama coal trestle BEFORE the [current] coaling tower ...	John West	December 28, 2018 09:31PM
Re: Chama coal trestle BEFORE the [current] coaling tower ...	bcp	December 28, 2018 09:37PM
Re: Chama coal trestle BEFORE the [current] coaling tower ...	Rich Murray	December 29, 2018 07:33AM
Re: Chama coal trestle BEFORE the [current] coaling tower ...	Brian Norden	December 28, 2018 11:25PM
Re: Chama coal trestle BEFORE the [current] coaling tower ...	hank	December 29, 2018 07:43AM
Re: Early electric power?	RDannemann	December 29, 2018 08:51AM
Re: Chama coal trestle BEFORE the [current] coaling tower ...	Popeye8762	December 29, 2018 09:40AM
Re: Chama coal trestle BEFORE the [current] coaling tower ...	Earl	December 29, 2018 09:41AM
Re: Chama coal trestle BEFORE the [current] coaling tower ...	Jim McKee	December 29, 2018 11:33AM

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