Coal Mine
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Not all northern mines had the luxury of a rail spur running up to the mine and I suspect the same is true in the southeast. There were lots of small coal operations with truck-dump loading operations at rail sidings. Trucks might back (carefully) onto a platform and dump directly into the hoppers or simply on the ground where a front end loader would push coal onto a simple moveable conveyer.
If space is at a premium, the mine could be represented by a small flat off in the distance or simply by a dirt road heading off into the hills with an empty truck heading off for another load.
Here's an example of a nice scene in a compact space: http://home.att.net/~bluecreekrr/d3/bc-loader.html
Wayne
If space is at a premium, the mine could be represented by a small flat off in the distance or simply by a dirt road heading off into the hills with an empty truck heading off for another load.
Here's an example of a nice scene in a compact space: http://home.att.net/~bluecreekrr/d3/bc-loader.html
Wayne
Don't I wish. I'm afraid I can't take credit for it though. It's one of the layouts that I had bookmarked. It's a good example of a little track-side industry that generates traffic without taking up much room.COX 47 said:
Wayne
You said your layout is 2 X 3 so this ought to fit as my layout is only 1 X 2. I just took a Walthers Glacier Gavel kit and sliced and diced it some 
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http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=10897&page=4&pp=15
. http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=10897&page=4&pp=15
I model Santa Fe in So Cal, so I'm not familier with Appalachia coal ops, but I think some of those dump truck ramps were used like team tracks to be shared by a number of small coal mining operations. It would seem you might find a number of ramps to simultaneously fill a small cut of cars. I'm just using some logical guessing here. Some of our Appalachia modelers will know more about this than me.