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STEP 10: The Receiving Ramp
For the ramp up to the receiving bin, I wanted something a
little different than the typical earthen ramp with retaining
walls on three sides that is common to so many truck dumps
in the coal fields. The photo below was taken by Rob Wolsh-
lager and shows Tipple 52 at the south end of Dante Yard on
the Clinchfield Railroad.
The shape of the ramp, the wooden construction, and the
overall appearance of this photo captured the look I wanted
to create. You can see this photo and others of tipples and
coal country structures on Rob Wolshlager’s Clinchfield
Country website at
I also referred to the pictures of the Dixie Mining truck dump
tipple at Pikesville, Kentucky in Tony Koester’s book
“The
Railfan’s Guide to Coal Railroading.”
30: Tipple 52 at Dante Yard on the Clinchfield
Railroad.
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n part one, I described how to build the various pieces of
this backwoods coal loader: the conveyor and supports, the
break assembly, and the receiving bin. Part one also included
a complete parts list.
Here in part 2, I add the truck receiving ramp, build the loader
base, put a roof on the conveyor, add the short conveyor at the
top of the larger conveyor, add corrugated siding and roof to the
receiving bin, and install the loader on the layout.
Coal loader, p2 - 1
Tom Patterson finishes the step-by-step
construction of his backwoods coal loader ...
Modeling a Coal
Loader∙Part 2
by Tom Patterson
Photos by the author unless
otherwise credited
MRH-Jan 2013
