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

Posted by Chris Walker on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/The-C-S-Coal-Chutes-Pine-Como-Dickey-Pitkin-and-almost-Breckenridge-tp4269p4315.html

Jim,

I had often wondered what happened to the Chutes at Pitkin but I doubt they were kept in service by the D&RGW given the proximity to Gunnison's Tower some 25 miles away from Pitkin.  I'm also looking for the photos I took a looong time ago of my version for you.

And Mike,

the C&S Coal Loader at Leadville was considerably different from the Rio Grande's "Red Devil" loaders both in application of height adjustment and orientation to the service track.  I can't see any details to determine whether the C&S Elevator was a Chainbucket or Conveyor Belt type version.
see this NGDF post for detail differences: http://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/read.php?1,145620


Another detail feature touched on by Mike, not common to all was that the Chutes for the two larger Bins at Pine Grove were Steel rather than Timber.


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