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Clearly I don't know your layout plan and/or whether you want to model the mine or coal loader itself... but... if you just want to be "near the mine" one possibility is as follows. Draw yourself a letter Y. Where you model will be either the junction or just "south" of it. The mine is on one arm (say the "north east"), the destination for the coal and source of the empties is on the other arm. If you really want you can run round your coal trains in your layout area. If there isn't facility in your area the trains will run through, round round and come back. You get coal empties AND coal loads in both directions. This does happen in practice. You could organise a handoff between the mine run and the main run wherever you do your "running round". This might be between different companies. There was a thread on this in the general discussion back last Nov or Dec. I think that the remote controlled mine locos were known as "Zombies" at times. As far as I know you can use almost any loco with enough power... even a B unit. Some Zomies I've seen pics of have had their cab windows boarded over. Have fun!
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