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Appalachian Coalfields

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Appalachian Coalfields
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:36 PM
Here's a website I came across and thought it was worth sharing...

http://www.coalcampusa.com/

lots of good info here if your into modeling this part of the world! Pics are really worth a look.
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Posted by dragonriversteel on Thursday, October 27, 2005 7:20 PM
Great web site !!!!!!!!!!! . Thanks ,I'm always looking for web pages on coal.


Patrick
Beaufort,SC
Dragon River Steel Corp {DRSC}
Making HO scale steel by the ton

Fear an Ignorant Man more than a Lion- Turkish proverb

Modeling an ficticious HO scale intergrated Scrap Yard & Steel Mill Melt Shop.

Southland Industrial Railway or S.I.R for short. Enterchanging with Norfolk Southern.

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Posted by csxengineer98 on Sunday, October 30, 2005 4:32 AM
here is another great sight about the PA coal fields....alot of vintage photos and history of the mines...
http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.com/indexa.html
csx engineer
"I AM the higher source" Keep the wheels on steel
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Posted by cefinkjr on Tuesday, November 1, 2005 11:18 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by laststand

Here's a website I came across and thought it was worth sharing...

http://www.coalcampusa.com/

lots of good info here if your into modeling this part of the world! Pics are really worth a look.


Great site! I lived the first 20 years of my life in southwestern PA and still managed to learn a lot from that site (e.g., I never heard of the Klondike seam).

Chuck

Chuck
Allen, TX

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