What coal did my friend give me

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Post by 2001Sierra » Sun. Mar. 10, 2019 11:12 pm

I have a good friend that went to coal country in PA. Along the railroad some where he found coal chunks about 3 by 3 and almost square. Well one day I dropped it and and it broke in thick layers maybe 1 or 1.5 inches thick. I though that was odd , so I hit it with a hammer and it broke into smaller chunks that I put onto my stoker fire. It immediately started burning as if almost wood. Yellow fire and plenty of smoke, one small piece about the size of 2 by 2 produced so much smoke you could see it out of the top of my chimney. The anthracite produces basically no visible smoke or anything except for a heat trace. What would the locomotives be burning when running throught anthracite country?

 
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Post by BunkerdCaddis » Mon. Mar. 11, 2019 6:33 am

Pretty sure that sounds like some form of Bituminous, I burn some in my fireplace :yes: . See this thread Free Burn Some of it doesn't smell so nice others not so bad.


 
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Post by coaledsweat » Mon. Mar. 11, 2019 6:53 am

Does it stink when it burns? Could be cannel coal. Post up a pic.

 
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Post by corey » Mon. Mar. 11, 2019 10:52 am

Bituminous coal.

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