Re: The C&S Coal Chutes: Four bins? Six Bins? Eight Bins? Twelve Bins?

Posted by Chris Walker on
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Jeff Young wrote

The lead tracks into the roundhouse appear to be salvaged, so presumably this is post-abandonment?  (Did they really abandon a coal car on the trestle?)

Jeff, think more along the lines of a strategic withdrawal!

The scrapper would have decided to remove rails from all secondary tracks leaving only those tracks that are needed to support the scrapping operation until the very last as they pulled up the rails out of town.  As the Locos still needed fuel and to be turned to get the various loads of scrap rails back up over Kenosha before the final withdrawal.  I'd think they would have made several turns to the top before they got a full trainload.  They would also need access to the turntable until the bridge was jacked up and moved away if it went out by rail.