A westbound New York Central RS-3 hauls Conway anthracite lake coal to power mills and factories along the Great Lakes on Howard Karr's Cuyahoga Valley Railroad...
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Real nice job..........................Paul
Very nice! But, are you sure it's Anthracite coal?
Hot Water.... yes, it truly is actual anthracite coal loads made by conwaycoal.com.
Originally Posted by gandydancer1950:
Hot Water.... yes, it truly is actual anthracite coal loads made by conwaycoal.com.
OK but, what I was referring to was, why would the NYC be hauling Anthracite coal in that area? If I remember correctly, Anthracite was mined in the eastern mountains around Scranton, PA.
simply because it's my railroad and can deliver whatever kind of coal anywhere I choose. I'm not modeling any specific prototype operation.
Great photo! And, a cool train!
LOL!!!! It's my party...
Rick
In the recent Lackawanna Pocono set, Lionel painted the anthracite coal load in the hopper blue. I do not think blue coal is what they think it means. It is a nice set and my layout is strictly toy trains but I did have to repaint that coal load.
Nice looking layout!
You sound like Warren Buffett and BNSF !!
Originally Posted by Old Uncle Al:
Nice looking layout!
Thank you. Some people obviously take things way too serious. If I was worried about what kind of coal I was carrying and where, by whom, I certainly wouldn't have a third rail running down the middle of my track!
Originally Posted by POTRZBE:
In the recent Lackawanna Pocono set, Lionel painted the anthracite coal load in the hopper blue. I do not think blue coal is what they think it means. It is a nice set and my layout is strictly toy trains but I did have to repaint that coal load.
Not that I'm saying Lionel would do something totally prototypical, 
but wasn't there a coal company that had some similar marketing gimmick? I vaguely remember something about real painted coal loads and little paper tags in the coal with the company logo, stuff like that.
Really nice photo.
Nice scenery !1 thanks for sharing
That is a nice looking scene there...great detail.
Originally Posted by Firewood:
Originally Posted by POTRZBE:
In the recent Lackawanna Pocono set, Lionel painted the anthracite coal load in the hopper blue. I do not think blue coal is what they think it means. It is a nice set and my layout is strictly toy trains but I did have to repaint that coal load.
Not that I'm saying Lionel would do something totally prototypical, but wasn't there a coal company that had some similar marketing gimmick? I vaguely remember something about real painted coal loads and little paper tags in the coal with the company logo, stuff like that.
When I was growing up the Delaware and Hudson coal company had orange tags in the coal loads. We heated with coal back then. Early 50s. I have no recollection of painted coal but I suppose anything is possible.
Blue coal was sprayed with a blue colored substance. The final product had a blue sheen in some lights not the bright blue paint effect Lionel has chosen.
Scotie
Great scene and the background really adds to the photo.
Art
As far as I was ever aware, the blue coloring was dye, not paint.
