Pieter,
The SOO Line and the Milwaukee (perhaps among others) did burn lignite
in some of their engines quite successfully. North Dakota, Montana and
to some degree South Dakota have vast deposits that are harvested via
strip mining. So the railroads harvested their coal that was an easy
transport to the tenders.
Bob Werre
On 8/12/11 10:58 AM, Pieter Roos wrote:
>
> In the late 19th century Union Pacific had an honest-to-gosh camelback
> (or mother hubbard, as they where often called). I think the plan was
> to burn lignite, a poor quality coal that is close to flammable dirt.
>
> Pieter E. Roos
>
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