Fairbanks coal
Coal Hopper 14143 is shown at the Fairbanks coal bunker. The hopper is a former Erie RR car, one of 280 70ton 3 bay Hoppers, refurbished by the Chicago
Freight Car & Parts Company (at their shop in Auburn, Washington) in the early 1950's, and sold in 1953 to the ARR. Photo taken summer of 1974
Photograph courtesy of the Don Marenzi collection

 

 

Fairbanks coal
Fairbanks coal
Here are a couple of pictures of the Fairbanks coal bunker I took in the early 1990s. I am not sure when the railroad trestle access was eliminated in favor of a conveyor belt system.

Photographs courtesy of Bryan Saul