3. A fast loader that resembles the Walthers Flood
Loader kit. This facility is Alamo-Harber Coal at
Alamo, KY.
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from these areas to the main preparation building where it is
cleaned. From this point the coal is sent to the storage silo or
moved to the storage pile. When a train is loading, the coal is
pulled from either source, then sent to the storage bin at the
fast loader to be loaded. In a prototype scenario, these dif-
ferent grades of coal can be stored and then blended per cus-
tomer order at train-loading time.
Planning
The major change to the prep plant was the layout of the
buildings. On the L&N Thornhill Division, the coal movement
through the facility went from left to right. At the new site,
