Lite and Narrow Column - 1
Pearson Coal Company
R
on Pearson, from Cincinnati, OH, is a modeler whose
work I greatly admire. Ron is an East Broad Top mod-
eler who, in addition to building accurate models, has
done field research to back up what he builds. In the process has
become an expert on the coal fields and mining processes of the
Broad Top coal fields of Pennsylvania. All his modeling articles
have appeared in
The Timber Transfer,
the publication of the
Friends of East Broad Top. Ron has been very generous sharing
information with me, including some that has never been pub-
lished. We owe a debt of gratitude to individuals like Ron, who
have done the field work and become industrial archaeologists,
documenting what we have lost.
The following is to illustrate how information can change over
the years, especially in light of newly emerging photographs.
The Lite and Narrow column
by Larry Smith
Modeling a real coal tipple from the East
Broad Top that can be used on any railroad ...
A narrow gauge coal tipple,
Part 1
Ramblings on Narrow Gauge
and Branchline Modeling
MRH-Jun 2014
