There was a time when the people of Iceland caught more cod than any other
nation in the world, but they didn't eat any of it. When asked why, one
Icelander said, "You don't eat money." Same is true of the anthracite coal
used by railroads.
Jamie Bothwell
Bethlehem, PA
On Aug 12, 2011, at 9:13 PM, jaydeet2001 wrote:
> > Least we forget that the Reading was located in the heart of the Anthracite
> > coal mine area. At some point John Wooten designed the fire box to
> > accomodate the burning of this type coal.
>
> The anthracite-burning locomotives used the leftover scrap anthracite that
> wasn't a suitable size for retail sale and was otherwise pretty useless.
>
> David Thompson
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