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This is the RI&C Fan House that
ventilated the mines in the Robertsdale area.
The RI&C Company Post Office is being
restored by the FEBT.
The site of the Joller mine
has been largely erased by a mine reclamation project. In this view, from
the entrance road, the
tipple and shaft mine were just this side of the line of trees. The drift
mine is off to the right and has not been changed much. The town site is
behind us and is also mostly undisturbed.
In this view, from the right distance of the last picture,
the tipple and shaft mine were just to the left of the line
of trees. The lower EBT branch was where the pond retaining wall to the
right is
(no doubt based on the EBT fill). The tramway from the old Fulton drift mine
was about where the far wall of the pond is now. The boney pile at its end
is still there, just inside the tree line. Until the ponds are complete
(about 4-5 ponds by the look of it) the runoff has been diverted along the
far tree line where it accumulates behind the lower EBT branch S curve fill.
On Saturday, June 7, a flue fire erupted in the smokejack above #14 while it
was being hostled for the day's excursions. The fire was extinguished prior to
the fire department arriving. This is the remains of the smokejack, which
has likely been rebuilt by the time you read this.
The Blacksmith Shop looks a bit
like the Tower of Pisa. Fortunately, like the tower it doesn't seem to
be leaning any more.
This is one of two surviving side discharge hoppers, created by the EBT
from their original order of PSCCo two bay hoppers. The other is on its
side in the Mount Union Yard
This shot shows the old and the new EBT. The rear hopper is one of the
eight restored to operable condition. The front one has not moved in
fourty years, but still bears its colors.
For a dollar extra, the view from the caboose cupola is excellent. This view
of Colgate Grove is from Caboose 28.
Three little mikados sittin' in their stalls.
Viewed between the Service Bays and the
Carpentry Shop, #14 prepares to pull
out of the south leg of the wye.
A telephoto view of #14 as she prepares to pull out of the south leg of the wye.
Notice the three way stub switch in the track plan.
Inside the roundhouse
we see #15 ready for action and #17 minus her smokebox front.
#12 has her smokebox open for her yearly hydrostatic test. Since a leak was
found in her tender her operation won't come for about a month.
#17 has her smokebox front off for work on her superheater tubes. Those are
the small tubes curving upward out of the boiler flues.
In the Blacksmith Shop is this
small belt driven hammer.
In the Boiler Shop this
hand shear was used for sheet metal that didn't require the large
power shear.
This is the Boiler Shop
scaler.
An overall view of the inside of the
Boiler Shop.
An overall view of the inside of the
Machine Shop.
After the shops tour there was a tour of the excavations of two
1850's charcoal iron furnaces. This is Winchester Furnace. Rockhill
Furnace, which gave the town its name, was just begging to be excavated.
It was the existing
iron industry that, in large part, made the EBT viable to build.
On an overcast Sunday morning, it has been raining. Nevertheless, #15 is
thirsty, so she quenches her thirst and hunger at the
Coal Dock.
Folks love trains. Case-in-point in this picture.
In the RTY Car Barn, the
half-built Augwick coach sets as it has for years. It is based on
an old D&RGW flatcar frame. Although it sets on cast Vulcan trucks,
the trucks from the toppled hoppers in Mount Union were intended for
it and its never built companions. The trucks are in the
Rockhill Yard and the other
three D&RGW cars are in the
Car Shop.
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