Re: Spitsbergen - Glaciers, Polar Bears, and Narrow Gauge
| July 24, 2020 10:33PM |
[Engine 2 was built by Borsig in Berlin in 1907, and was put to work in Ny Alesund when the mines were first developed in 1917
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Mining in Ny Alesund proceeded sporadically, interrupted by wars, difficult working conditions, and particularly by a number of disastrous methane gas explosions. There were a half dozen coal mining locations, and production ran in the order of 120,000 tons per year. Trucks took over in 1959 until final mine closure in 1962 after another deadly explosion.
Locomotive 2 at the engine service facilities
Hauling loaded coal cars thru Ny Alesund
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Mining in Ny Alesund proceeded sporadically, interrupted by wars, difficult working conditions, and particularly by a number of disastrous methane gas explosions. There were a half dozen coal mining locations, and production ran in the order of 120,000 tons per year. Trucks took over in 1959 until final mine closure in 1962 after another deadly explosion.
Locomotive 2 at the engine service facilities
Hauling loaded coal cars thru Ny Alesund
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