. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ssel. This is the general practice atNew York. The ocean liners, as a rule,do not go up alongside coal piers toget their coal, but receive it fromharbor boats. This coal is handledat least twice after it leaves themine—first, when it is deliveredfrom the railroad car to a pocket orbunker on the pier and thence to theharbor boat; second, when it is trans-ferred from this boat to the bunkers ofthe big ship. Getting the coal out onto thesewooden piers is often a railroad jobpure and simple. If t
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ssel. This is the general practice atNew York. The ocean liners, as a rule,do not go up alongside coal piers toget their coal, but receive it fromharbor boats. This coal is handledat least twice after it leaves themine—first, when it is deliveredfrom the railroad car to a pocket orbunker on the pier and thence to theharbor boat; second, when it is trans-ferred from this boat to the bunkers ofthe big ship. Getting the coal out onto thesewooden piers is often a railroad jobpure and simple. If the general levelof the railroad is high above the water,then it may be possible to have the deckof the pier at about the same cars are pushed out onto the deckby a locomotive to the land-end of the cars have to be brought up a consid-erable distance. There may be a longgentle up-grade or a short steep may be a question of how muchroom there is Generally, empty carsare rolled off the pier by a down-gradeleading back to the land-end. The load-ed , arc discharged into bins or. CAR DUMPER AT CONNEAUT, OHIO pockets beneath the deck. Here thecoal is kept until wanted. From thebin, it goes by a chute outwards anddownwards into the vessel. The great height of some of the piers,both wooden and steel, which make
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