Lots of it.

Energy in a bin.

Gotta love it!

I see this a few times a day. Trains running south full and heading north empty. I've wondered how much of this stuff there really is. Been going on for years...

Thomas the train?

Cooper

The Future ?

for grandpa's grand kids????

Dispatcher: Take this train load of coal out to Goathead's place. He's firing up his cooker...

Used to burn coal in our wood stove when I was a kid. It worked great, burned cleaner than wood and heated our home. It provided solid jobs that supported many people.

Oops that's not PC. It's a fosil fuel. Let's ban it! Must be bad. Think of the Polar Bears!

bdiddy,

Chief not familiar with coal usage. Chief thought coal came in chunks. What's up with the fine dust in those cars? What does it get used for?

fault of photographer.....coal in chunks about 1.5" around.

need some for the steam engine I'm putting in my truck.

My brother is an engineer for BNSF, hauling coal for a living.

Hey Lizzard, I know what your get'n for Christmas

He actually did that last year, my brother the jackass gave me a sack full of coal. He made up for it with some nice *real* presents though.

i remember my dad's coal bin in the basement, and the sound of the coal rushing down the chute from delivery truck.

very cool experience to facilitate keeping warm

What most tree hugging, nothing but salad eat'in, carbon footprint fear'in dumb a$$es should realize is that most electric is produced by the burning of coal......We will run out of coal right after we run out of oil......

Peace out....

Wstakelin

I say burn polar bears and manatees instead

save some of the meat for supper..

Cover it all with some baby seal gravy...

and a side order of baby bear soup.....

mmmm, mmmmm.......

Just like mamma made...

peace out...

wstakelin

I wonder if coal would be good for grilling/smoking.

I can walk the tracks and get it for free.

Every good country song has to have Trains, Mama, getting drunk and trucks......

Charlie