Well, you could make your own - that's what I did "S"tring boB __________________________________________________
--- In [email protected], "Bill Lane" wrote: > > I am pretty sure the "coal" in Blue Mountain Hobbies coal loads is SAND > painted glossy black. Russ Downs was selling them for while. I started > chopping at 1 once for a tender and it exploded with sand. That was the end > of that idea. > > > > I had the novel idea of using COAL for my coal loads for over 15 years now. > On 2 occasions I happened upon real coal "fines" and got all I could carry > in truly found containers. Once was in Minersville PA at a coal sorting > plant. Apparently these "fines" are a saleable size for them. Some leaked > out of a hopper car onto the track. To say it was PERFECT for S Scale use is > an understatement screened and uniform in size truly ready to use. I > filled a ½ gallon cardboard orange juice container with it. Another time was > on my "no booze or broads - just trains and good friends" bachelor party > over 10 years ago to see Cass. At the bottom of the conveyor at the Durbin > Rocket was all the fine dust etc that did not make it up to the tender. > Jackpot again. The engineer John was looking at us funny when we were > scooping up the coal dust! I am reasonably sure there is this same pile of > fines at the Durbin Rocket right now. So raid your local steam tourist line. > The amount you would be taking is nothing to them. > > > > Some of the H21 I have now ran for years prototypically FULL of coal at Bill > Moore's house. They weighed a ton! (:->) We even had a prototypical > derailment and spill of the coal more than once. Bill is my Minersville > connection. Bill got some bigger chunks while visiting his brother. After > some hammer smashing he ran them through an old time hand crank coffee > grinder with good results at least for a while. It absolutely ground the > coal into a MORE uniform size. I don't claim to know the longevity of the > coffee grinder . > > > > Thank You, > Bill Lane > > Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 > > See my finished models at: > http://www.lanestrains.com > Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! > > > > See my layout progess at: > > > http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm > > Custom Train Parts Design > > http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm > > PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded > (Trading is MUCH preferred) > > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls > > ***Join the PRR T&HS*** > The other members are not ALL like me! > http://www.prrths.com > > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf > > Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society > It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com > Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
