C&NW did, at least way back. They had mines in Iowa and Illinois.
Jeff
NP at Red Lodge, MT. Colstrip was opened as production in Red Lodge started to get expensive.
I believe the Reading Company owned it's own mines, but they're the only one I know of.
Absolutely - although I regret that I can't cite which ones did, aside from possibly Lackawanna, "the road of anthracite."
Can't speak to how much coal the "larger railroads" used. I'm sure the numbers are available, or can be calculated. Remember, though, that many Class 1's in the days of coal were the size of some of today's regionals.
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Did any of the railroads own the coal mines that supplied the coal their engines used? Any idea how many tons of coal the larger railroads used in a year?
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