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House on top of the tower? What's it for?

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#1

Can someone tell me what the “house” on stilts above the tower is for? The buckets empty directly into the coal hopper, so why is it there?

Thanks.

edit: I’m thinking maybe it houses the mechanisms that pull the buckets up and let them down?

#2

John Passaro said:

edit: I’m thinking maybe it houses the mechanisms that pull the buckets up and let them down?

I’m pretty sure that’s what it does.

#3

Maybe the above will help you.

Above pic copied from Plans of Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Coaling Station – Free Model Railroad Plans

freemodelrailroadplans.com

#4

Well, whatever it does, “House on the tower” has the ring of a name of an album of some sort.

#5

You could go to the C&T forum and ask them.

http://www.coloradonewmexicosteamtrain.org/camera-portal-horizontal.htm

This video has some nice shots of the tower in question.

https://youtu.be/f3yP5M6NrVE

#6

Forrest Scott Wood said:

Well, whatever it does, “House on the tower” has the ring of a name of an album of some sort.

Ha! The possiblities are endless!