Effective, but slow. The invention of the steam train and railways offered a way of transporting loads of coal really quickly. The Monklands Canal was replaced by the speedier Garnkirk and Glasgow ...

As much as 530 tons of coal was poured into three steam engines ... with locally produced buckwheat husks,” Tezuka said. Steam trains run across eight areas nationwide, including the Moka ...

If your garden railroad is set in the steam or steam-to-diesel transition era, it's going to need a coal tower ... poses a ...