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Technically slack is coal that has been left out in the elements for sometime, and has had some of the volatiles leached out of it by the weather. I've heard of old coal left in in a tender as being useless because it was "slacked out" and won't burn. Fines are the consistency of dirt with small pebbles of coal mixed in. Slack coal can be fines or small pieces up to 1".
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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