10-21-2011, 10:03 AM
From what I can tell coal was a HUGE heating fuel in early D.C. I am sure St. E's did recieve coal, as well as the Navy Yard and Boling AFB. The photo I am referencing is circa 1951...
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Close up of the dealer
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This is way too much to model, i will have to significantly compress everything to represent it in model form. I do want to do the coal dealer as a 3 trestle dealer, with about 6 spots each. The team track will only be 2 or 3 tracks with 5-6 spots each. I fear I will have to leave out the loop track and might be able to get in 1 or 2 industries in the street trackage and the scrap yard. It is nice to know the coal dealer may have also gotten salt and other aggregates. Thanks for all the input so far. Please feel free to interpret the images and give me more input.
Dave
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Close up of the dealer
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This is way too much to model, i will have to significantly compress everything to represent it in model form. I do want to do the coal dealer as a 3 trestle dealer, with about 6 spots each. The team track will only be 2 or 3 tracks with 5-6 spots each. I fear I will have to leave out the loop track and might be able to get in 1 or 2 industries in the street trackage and the scrap yard. It is nice to know the coal dealer may have also gotten salt and other aggregates. Thanks for all the input so far. Please feel free to interpret the images and give me more input.
Dave
-Dave