I have a question. I live in the northern ohio area and as far as Iknow there are no old coal towers around. I want to model a coal toweron my G-scale layout. I see pictures in all the magazines of the coaltowers but what I want to know is, how do they work? How does the coalget into the top of a free standing tower? I see how it is dumped offinto the coal cars but not how it gets into the tower. Is there asmall conveyor coming out horizontily out of the ground? Can anyonesuggest a good book that might explain the process better? Any helpwould be appreciated.

If you look at most towers you'll see a column up one side that houses abucket coveyor. There should be a pit in the track next to the tower intowhich the coal was dumped from hoppercars, then the bucket conveyor carriedit to the bin. From there, the feed to the tenders themselves was strictlygravity.Don-- moderator: co-moderator:

Subject? How do coal towers work?

Dec 26, 2003 21 Replies

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Steve Caple 22 years ago

No, it's your spiritual okie cousin (or funny uncle?) that is.

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MrRathburne 22 years ago

Can you try to make sense. Try, just TRY. The guy YOU are all over is somehow funny? HUH? I know you are an idiot, but either accept the fact you like bare backsides for some weird reason, or just take up fiction writing. In the meantime, you are proving yourself an idiot...............

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