Re: Desperately seeking Coal Shed Plan
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John Stutz
Dusty
Attached are field notes and 1976 photographs of the WP&Y coal shed at Fraser BC. Not quite what you are asking for, but similar in function and size. Backside was plain diagonal sheathing. This shed has concealed the railroad's Fraser toilets for at least three decades.
I believe this coal shed not only supplied the section house, but also served as an emergency locomotive and rotary supply. The pipe brackets, of which most are missing, could hold the doors level. Coal could first be shoveled onto the doors, and then into the tender. Clearly not suitable for regular use, but doable.
Similar, but smaller sheds, show up in historic photographs of several other WP&Y section house complexes.
John Stutz
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