In a message dated 12/11/2004 6:24:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> What was the minimum clearance required under the trestle - did it have to > be a full six foot to allow somebody to stand at the back of the cell to > shovel it out or could it be less. In my home town of North Canton, on the B&O, in the early 50s, it was not over 2 feet, and there was not really even a trestle. The hopper was spotted over a depression under the track, the door opened, and the coal lifted out by one of those portable moving belt elevator things. I know this challenges all conventional wisdom, but Mathie Coal & Supply seemed to get along happily with it for at least a decade in my observation. Here is the corollary, equally implausible but I have seen it done. When I was living in Carrboro, NC, in the early 70s, tank cars were delivered to the Southern Ry team track and unloaded into waiting tank trucks with nothing more than a large flexible hose -- not pump, no loading rack, nothing. Sometimes we make things too complicated. Lee Rainey [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
