The Coal Elevator No. 97 has a Bakelite base and a sheet metal SILVER painted conveyor and YELLOW painted coal bin. It would take unloaded coal from one side and raise this load up by a chain and buckets through the conveyor and load them through a chute on the other side into a waiting car. When used with the No. 3459 Operating Coal Car this accessory offered a self-contained continuous operation. Available from 1946 until 1950, this loader is hard to find today without paint chips. There are no known variations, however, some of these elevators have been reported with a mottled plastic base. |
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