Looking for photos of coal business & small stockyard

[RR Telg]

Greetings all,

I'm working on two industries that will be served on my N Scale layout.  The locale is southeastern Iowa in the 1950s.  I'm looking for photos of (1) a retail coal business that would be served by the railroad which would sell coal to businesses and homes for use in furnaces and (2) a photo of a small stockyard that would look at home in a small town in the 50s.

I'm interested in both real-life photos and photos of models.

Thanks!

["JaBear"]

Gidday,  to the forum

. In our hosts, Model Railroader 75 Year Collection: 1934 – 2009. there are good articles and plans for both coal dealers and stock yards, plus lots of other goodies, still think its been one of my best model railroad purchases.

Some links to photos.............

http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirr%20freight/lirrcoaloperations.htm

http://www.tapeshare.com/Zone6/DianaCoal1984.jpg

http://www.fadingad.com/blog/brooklyn/eny_diana_topless02.jpg

http://www.frankjump.com/005.jpg

http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirr%20freight/lirrcoal/HICKSVILLE%20COAL%20SILO%2002.JPG

http://www.kinglyheirs.com/CNE/NDC/NDCDutchessCoalSilo27.jpg

and about 3/4 down this page.............

http://forgottenchicago.com/features/the-bloomingdale-line/

and even in "Z"yould you need a rather large area for these

http://omahamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Aerial-Stockyards-1950_web.jpg.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8c31000/8c31800/8c31879v.jpg

Hope this helps.

Cheers, the Bear.

[dehusman]

Check out the HABS-HAER website:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/

Search for the type of industry or the location.  They have thousands of entries on industries, bridges, houes, including pictures, plot plans, building elevations, etc.  You may have to root around, but there are some really great sources of information there.  Try different combinations of descriptions also  (coal dealer, coal wharf, coal dump, coal yard).

[RR Telg]

Thank you both!

[wjstix]

May not fit your time and place exactly, but at one time many depots in Minnesota had a smallish stock pen / loading chute near them. These were often used for horses. Logging took place in the Great Lakes area in the winter, and farmers would work in the winter as loggers. Horses were used to pull the logs out of the wooded, swampy areas. A farmer who owned big draught horses, like Belgians, could bring them on the train with him to the logging co.; passenger trains would be set up with a couple of stock cars for the animals. As a teamster, he would be paid considerably more than a regular logger would.

[BRAKIE]

You may want to try this photo site.

 

http://www.shorpy.com/