Coal Train-2 by Cytisus
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Description
Electric Locomotives similar to this one were used in the mines to pull the coal cars, in a chain of ten called a trip, to the main slope. from the side entries the cars were then attached to the cable or steel rope and pulled to the surface by a hoist.
This machine was donated to the Roslyn
Historical Society, Inc. By the Palmer
Coking & Coal Co. Black Diamond, Wa.
( Also known to the old timers as mules )
Comments (18)
What wonderful history
Super looking 'mule' and history of it's use. I saw a similar machine near Nome, Alaska and wish I'd been a camera enthusiast then. Excellent capture.
great to see this "mule" from historic times, your explanation is very interesting to! RS
Not much head room for the engineer, I wouldn't want to work one. Excellent capture and information. Bravo!!!!!
What a great capture, I love old rusty stuff!
Excellent shot of this old machine. The details are fantastic. Looks very interesting!
Excellent capture!
Great history and a great shot! :)
Excellent capture.
a wonderful shot of history
Fantastic photo of history.
Good capture erland
Excellent capture. Diane.
this is a real beauty .you know i love anything to do with railways :o)..excellent shot mcik
Beautiful texture on the train ! Great shot !
seen betterdays but an excellent capture
Hello my dear friend, Precious and brilliant photography, Impressive!! Congratulations!! All you artwork is Very Beautiful!! It is a real pleasure to visit your gallery. A million stars from me.**************Thanks you very much for you comments. Hug and kiss in Your heart.Luminous Blessings.Ludy Sorry to have that to write the same thing in English to all, but are few the words that I have in English to say
This has been a very interesting series, great shots of these trains of old!