Re: The Coal Chutes at Pine, MP 42.39: Four bins? Six Bins? Give me a Hollar!

Posted by Chris Walker on Dec 17, 2015; 10:46pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/The-C-S-Coal-Chutes-Pine-Como-Dickey-Pitkin-and-almost-Breckenridge-tp4269p4273.html

Burnett&Clifton Coalchute Patent:  http://www.google.com/patents/US270736

Some model drawings(not C&S) for details:  http://www.trainlife.com/articles/394/coaling-trestle

The RGS version at Rico was more C&S sized, but included a platform opposite for more storage.  What a chore shovelling out of coalcars and then back across into the Bins later....I pity those poor Sectionmen.

http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/p15330coll22/id/75640/rv/singleitem

Jim, your arrows in the early Pine photo appear to be pointing to Boxcars on the adjacent track to me.  It would be safe to assume the coaling platform was originally along the lines of the type at Hancock(and others).  As for the Passenger cars parked up the Trestle approach; well that's a Switchmans trick for gravity-assisted runarounds, it just saves going all the way out to end of the passing siding to get around the train.

Apparently the Chute Roof structure was optional, it may have burned in the case of the Pine Grove Chutes.  Note that in C&S Platte Canon Memories & some, there is a mislabled picture of the Chutes at Dickey included with the Pine Grove information.(pg117top).


from the Park County Archives http://www.parkcoarchives.org/photo_inventory/inventory_0495to0595/552.jpg

And enlarged from the above photo already posted, check out the wear on the Stairtreads from countless boots trudging up and down.


http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/42241/rec/11