January 08, 2020 09:04AM
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There are supposed to be several photos that suggest there was some coal at times in the bottom of the bunkers of SVRY engines. Pure speculation on my part is that SVRY may have made some limited use of coal to deal with green or wet firewood, or perhaps to bank a fire during a long layover? I'm not sure anyone has ever found that SVRY fired straight coal, or had sufficient coaling facilities to handle it. Anyone care to explain if coal and wood would fire together?
As to the WP&Y, during a recent visit with Casey Carlson he said that apparently the White Pass' coal supply chain was restricted during WWII, so they apparently had to take that into consideration for their operations. Our discussion then turned to the question as to where they were obtaining coal? There really isn't any good coal available on the US Pacific coast that I am aware of, though I believe there were some isolated pockets of unknown quality in the Puget Sound, Centrailia and Coos Bay areas. Was there any good coal deposits being exported by sea from British Columbia or Alaska?
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