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John Smith commented Brian M Fox's
posting: "
I worked for L&N/CSX There's a Coal Tipple still standing in Flomaton Yard on the CSX M&M Sub."
Dennis DeBruler It still has some of its metal parts. It looks like it used a skip hoist. https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ-r5xMM8...
Gary Glazier
posted a comparable view.
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Suzanne Ron Boles posted
Ronald Boles posted
This coaling station just north of the passenger station at Flomaton, Alabama, was constructed in 1949. The following year, L&N management committed to total dieselization, so its service life was brief. Northbound manifest 440 breezes under the structure on October 6, 1981 behind units 6603/3024/1016/1001 (GP40-2/GP40/ GP30/GP30). Note the L&N herald cast into the concrete structure, near the center. David P. Oroszi |
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Express Horizons posted
Awesome #train content by: Classic Trains lnstagram: 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜.𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 Sweet home Alabama! (22/50) The obsolete coaling tower looms over a Louisville & Nashville train hauling pulpwood in Flomaton, Alabama, on January 27th, 1973. The lead engine is F9A 556, built by EMD in December 1956 as L&N 924. Photo Credit to Douglas G. Walker. |
John Smith
posted two photos with the comment: "
Coal tipple at the North end of the CSX Yard in Flomaton, Al."
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After seeing an older photo that still had the skip, it is obvious that these towers shared the same design.
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Karl Hauffe commented on a post
Although this is a vintage photo of when it was in use, this coaling tower still exists in Decatur IL. |
Raymond Benton
posted four photos with the comment: "I heard rumor that the old coal chutes were coming down across CSX. On April 8, 2015, I happened to find myself working in Flomaton Yard (Flomaton, Alabama). I took a couple of pictures just in case I never saw one again. I retired in 2016 and haven't been back. Anyone know what ever happened to it?"
Jamie Coggins: Torn down in 2022
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This photo is also old enough to still have the skip hoist.
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Lee Singletary posted
Flomaton, Alabama It was one of my favorite spots back in the day. A silent sentinel of days long gone. And now it is no more. |
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Robert Carnley commented on Lee's post
The day before it got torn down |
And this one is old enough to still have the chutes underneath.
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Robert Carnley commented on Lee's post, cropped
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James Simms commented on a
post: "That one was taken down in the Summer/Fall of 2022.
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