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This is not true.  Very few coal mines were owned by railroads.  By the early 20th century, it was illegal for railroads to own producers of goods that they carried.

By 1950 it was clear to most railroads that the money saved by using diesels justified the investment, except for the N&W.  This is not true.  Very few coal mines were owned by railroads.  By the early 20th century, it was illegal for railroads to own producers of goods that they carried.

Many, if not most railroads owned mines that provided fuel for their locomotives. The Union Pacific Coal Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the railroad, operated mines in Rock Springs and Hanna, WY and the New York Central burned high quality coal from company owned subsidiary Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation of Pennsylvania, just to name two of them. Pretty sure the N&W owned fuel coal mines in the Pocohontas seam, some of the finest steam coal on the planet.

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