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Frank Martindell

July 12, 2001 02:41PM

PRR:
I have the books just needed a hint in which of fifty books to look in. I have the Trails along the Columbine book for 1987 and see what you are refering to, I don't know however where the 1883 map or diagram is. I found the one in the Preservation book by Spencer Wilson and it has an 1991 diagram that shows a coal dock next to the last stall of the engine house assuming the right stall is the last. I suspect that before 1900 either it didn't make any difference how long you held up a train to coal it or they always switched engines with the crews on all trains out of Chama and coaled them overnight or between runs on different trains. The coal wharf on the engin house lead seems strange because to unload the coal car would tie up the lead for several hours to unload it by hand.
Frank

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Chama Coaling Facilities	Frank Martindell	July 06, 2001 11:05AM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	Herb Kelsey	July 06, 2001 11:19AM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	Keith Hayes	July 06, 2001 12:44PM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	Herb Kelsey	July 06, 2001 02:40PM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	John Templeton	July 06, 2001 04:10PM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	Keith Hayes	July 06, 2001 04:51PM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	John Templeton	July 06, 2001 05:46PM
It's not that far	Don Richter	July 07, 2001 09:59AM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	earl	July 08, 2001 08:46PM
Osier Coaling Dock	Craig Miller	July 06, 2001 03:37PM
Re: Osier Coaling Dock	Herb Kelsey	July 06, 2001 06:35PM
Re: Osier Coaling Dock	K Brand	July 06, 2001 07:47PM
Re: Osier Coaling Dock	Bill Kepner	July 09, 2001 03:38PM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	Mike Oestreich	July 06, 2001 12:09PM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	Frank Martindell	July 12, 2001 02:32PM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	PRR	July 06, 2001 05:42PM
Trails - Another Coal Dock	Herb Kelsey	July 06, 2001 06:45PM
Re: Trails - Another Coal Dock	Gregory Raven	July 07, 2001 04:33PM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	Frank Martindell	July 12, 2001 02:41PM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	gary waite	July 12, 2001 05:21PM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	Frank Martindell	July 16, 2001 12:02PM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	gary waite	July 16, 2001 02:13PM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities	PRR	July 17, 2001 09:29AM
Re: Chama Coaling Facilities, more involved puzzle	PRR	July 17, 2001 09:50PM

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