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TOPIC: Colliery in color?

Colliery in color? 9 years 1 month ago #4059

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May sound like an oddball question, but I am trying to find a decent color picture of a mine run or hill that the colliery serves, from the 1950s or 60s. I'm getting ready to scenic my "hill" that has a mine on the top conveying the coal to the breaker, but I am not sure how I want to put the refuse and whatever else composed the hill.
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Colliery in color? 9 years 1 month ago #4070

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Turbo, here are some pictures, in color, and hopefully a good aid to selecting scenery for your breaker. The first is the water tower at St. Nick, but the real treasure lies on the refuse pile in the background. The second is Arlington Yard on the LNE, as you see the pile in the right rear of the photo is from the "Greenwood" stripping operations. As you can see the blend of colors in and around a breaker area. Now the third is the dismantling of #6 in Lansford PA, and the fourth is #8 in Coaldale PA. The #8 was served by a tunnel with coal jimmies that looped back around inside, the coal was dumped and hoisted into the breaker. As you can see the headframe is the which lowered everything down 8 layers. The last two are an old St. Nick with its conveyors and outbuildings, and last is Jeddo #7 razed in the late 80's.

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Colliery in color? 9 years 1 month ago #4073

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Thanks for those! I can see that there is some vegetation present, and I'd like to incorporate a little green into that ocean of black! They also give me some good ideas for general "textures" and patterns. Thanks again!
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Don't forget Birch trees, for some reason they love the acidic soil left from colliery operations. It is neat to see the black/white contrast on the hillsides.
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