MRH Product Showcase - 4
All of the coal mines on CN prepared the coal in a similar fashion.
The coal was pulverized before being stockpiled and loaded. The
mines sprayed each car with a latex spray to reduce the risk of coal
dust blowing out of the cars. Each loadout used a hopper scale to
weigh the coal before it was loaded into the cars.
NARC: Procor CN 4000 cubic-foot coal gondola
Available in HO and N scale
All locomotives on coal trains needed to have operating paceset-
ter equipment, allowing the trains to move at extremely slow
speeds (typically 0.25 MPH), a requirement of the loadout opera-
tor. Frequent stops to fill the loadout hopper were common and
unpredictable.
NARC: Procor UNPX 4000 cubic-foot coal gondola
MRH-May 2014
