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Rike

November 20, 2012 07:46AM

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From a post on the Altamont Press Discussion Board citing an article describing the GCC King #2 coal mine near Hesperus, CO.

"Though 97% of the mine’s output is used by the cement industry, almost 2% of production finds a once familiar home in the fireboxes of regional steam locomotives. Taking an anachronistic turn, the No. 2 mine supplies close to 10,000 tpy to several steam-powered western tourist railroads, in particular the world famous Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge. Running almost year round along the spectacular Animas River, the railroad is justifiably rated as one of Colorado’s prime tourist attractions. In the decades that the two mines have operated, millions of vacationers have been taken on an unforgettably beautiful steam powered, coal-fired journey between the railroad’s namesake communities. Taking one step further back into the past, not only are the trains fueled by coal, all of the locomotives are hand fired: which means someone shovels that coal the whole way up and back. One wonders if in 2011, GCC King No. 2 has become America’s largest supplier of “real” railroad coal."

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/2012 07:48AM by Rike.

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Railroad Coal At Work	Rike	November 20, 2012 07:46AM
Re: Railroad Coal At Work	edowty	November 21, 2012 12:30PM
Re: Railroad Coal At Work	John C	November 21, 2012 01:52PM
Re: Railroad Coal At Work	edowty	November 21, 2012 04:47PM
Re: Railroad Coal At Work	mikerowe	November 21, 2012 07:46PM
Re: Railroad Coal At Work	John Cole	November 22, 2012 07:22AM
Re: Railroad Coal At Work	South Park	November 22, 2012 09:37AM
Re: Railroad Coal At Work	John Cole	November 22, 2012 09:40AM
Re: Railroad Coal At Work	South Park	November 22, 2012 09:49AM
Re: Railroad Coal At Work	John Cole	November 22, 2012 09:58AM
Re: Railroad Cole NOT At Work - it's Thanksgiving!!	Russo Loco	November 22, 2012 01:31PM
Re: Railroad Cole NOT At Work - it's Thanksgiving!!	John Cole	November 22, 2012 02:59PM
Re: Railroad Cole NOT At Work - it's Thanksgiving!!	Rich Murray	November 23, 2012 07:00AM
Re: Railroad Cole NOT At Work - it's Thanksgiving!!	John Cole	November 23, 2012 07:27AM
Re: Railroad Coal At Work	South Park	November 22, 2012 09:08PM
Re: Railroad Coal At Work	Russo Loco	November 23, 2012 12:13PM
Re: Railroad Coal At Work	tomc	November 23, 2012 01:01PM

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