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or timber that held 50 to 1. ~ Typically, coaling stations were huge towers of steel, concrete, or timber that held 50 to 1, 000 tons of coal. ~ This coal would eventually be dumped into steam locomotive tenders to be delivered across the country. ~ The author uses reproduced material and articles that originally appeared in Railway Age and other trade magazines of the era, and advertisements from the three major builders of coaling stations: Fairbanks-Morse, Ogle Engineering and Roberts & Schaefer. ~ Photographs show various types of coaling stations and fueling facilities, stand pipes and tanks, and cinder conveyors. ~ It's a great book for rail fans, historians, and modelers. ~ Paperback, 8-1/2 x 11, 80 pp, b/w 000 tons of coal. ~ this coal would eventually be dumped into steam locomotive tenders to be delivered acrosscountry.author uses reproduced materialarticles that originally appeared in railway a; or timber that held 50 to 1; concrete; coaling stations were huge towers of steel; typically;