Re: Pitkin to Mt Princeton. DSPP, DL&G & C&S . Pitkin Mill
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Also, the coal trestle was much shorter. The track went behind the bins, and coal had to be shoveled, in contrast to the style in the model where coal could be dropped into the bins. This was typical of all of the coal trestles on the C&S narrow gauge. It might be easier to go with the earlier coal dock. Here's the later coal trestle at Pitkin:
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