Photos/info of Coal Mines on the N&W

Well you can look at the N&W Historical Society or the photos from Virginia Tech. 

 Awesome! thank you.

  All I really have for references is the Atlas Coal Mine located in East Coulee Alberta.  If they are similar in character/style, It would be neat to model it.

   I can post some pics if anyone is interested

  Al

Your welcome, I hope it helps you.

Chris, thanks for the posts, as it will help us on our C&O/N&W Club layout, as far building some Coal Tipples and loading stations...............Brandy!

I am guessing you are somewhere east, but W. Va. certainly has had many mines

along the B&O and C&O.  Two attempts at preserving mines are west of I-75 in

southern Kentucky...near Stearns, Ky., where Barthel, Ky., with its surprisingly

simple coal mine...a shaft into a hill, with rail line right by it, has been restored,

with various camp buildings. Tourist trains by it were run out of Stearns. Also as part of the same Great South Fork Park area, another much larger coal camp reached by

a still present high RR trestle has been "preserved", but buildings are depicted by one dimension mock-ups.

Here's a link to one of my favorite sites. Lots of pics from the McDowell County area of WV. http://www.shinbrierwv.com/

Chris,

The Virginia. Tech pictures are awesome!

Larry

They sure are Larry, I needed some photos of tipples and such and just stumbled across the web site one day.  What a find of great historical photos.

Having had relatives in "Bloody Breathitt", Jackson in eastern Kentucky, the Shinbrier

photos were interesting but did not show a mine or railroad.  The Virginia Tech photos

of company stores, of which I have seen and been in only two, Stearns, Ky., and Cass,

W.V., showed quite a difference in architecture than expected. Some seem to have been designed like small town banks to present an image of prestige and permanence.

I'd be more likely to model the Shinbrier store.

There is also the book, "Billion Dollar Coalfield", produced by the N&W Historical Society.  The N&W HS has also produced a number of other books on specific lines.

ChipR

Here's another site you can try http://www.elkhornhigh.com/welcome2u.htm . Click on "Places" in the menu and scroll through the pics. Some good shots of the Angle Mine/Tipple (Maybeury), Elkhorn Tipple (Elkhorn), a tipple at Switchback, Powhatan Coal & Coke (Powhatan), and several pics of tipples in the 'other places' section. Hope this helps.