Coal Train-3 by Cytisus

Photography • Historical • posted on May 22, 2008

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Description

These Coal Cars belonged to the Northwestern Improvement Co. which was the Coal Department for the Northern Pacific Railroad. These cars were Designed and made locally by the NWI Co. machine shop in Roslyn. They are known by the miners as "Murphy Cars" named for Thomas Murphy the Superintendent of the local mines who designed them. Each car would hold Approx. 2000lbs. or 1 Ton of Coal. The Coal on display is known as "Pea" or "Stoker Coal" and was used for furnaces, it was crushed at the Tipple to this size.

Comments (14)

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mickuk50

10:30AM | Thu, 22 May 2008

i like how you`ve framed this .excellent capture and read :o) mick

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rainbows

10:42AM | Thu, 22 May 2008

A wonderful shot and write up. Diane.

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Hendesse

11:14AM | Thu, 22 May 2008

Excellent shot, fantastic details and clarity!

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JeffG7BRJ

12:01PM | Thu, 22 May 2008

Excellent shot and a great narrative full of information. I like how they have used chicken wire to keep the ballast between the sleepers. Bravo!!!!!

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Richardphotos

1:36PM | Thu, 22 May 2008

2000 pounds is a lot of digging.excellent capture and very interesting subject

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Meisiekind

1:50PM | Thu, 22 May 2008

Great image and commentary. Well done friend! :)

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Fidelity2

2:24PM | Thu, 22 May 2008

It is really cool. 5+.

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kgb224

4:25PM | Thu, 22 May 2008

Excellent capture.

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jocko500

7:26PM | Thu, 22 May 2008

lot of imfor. thanks and wonderful image too

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ascript

7:28PM | Thu, 22 May 2008

Interesting and great shot ;)

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virginiese

6:12AM | Fri, 23 May 2008

A nice serie ! Great POV

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LudyMelltSekher

12:06PM | Fri, 23 May 2008

Hello my dear Friend.It is a true luxury when one enters to a gallery as this and looks so beautiful photography, is a true wonder!!!A million stars**** Thank you so much for your comments. Enjoys a pretty weekend.hug and kiss in your heart.blessings Luminous.Ludy.

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