OPERATION OF COAL DOCKS-ALL TYPES

MAIN LINE-SYSTEM

Division & Station

Location of Dock

Type

Number of pockets

Capacity in tons

Kind of Coal

Lake Superior Division

Duluth

Terminal

Bucket

Two

500

Eastern

Carlton

Terminal

Conveyer

Two

(70)

Eastern

Hinckley

Main Line

Conveyer

Four

300

Eastern

McGregor

Main Line

Conveyer

Two

250

Eastern

Brainerd

Terminal

Conveyer

Four

510

Eastern

St. Paul Division

St. Paul

Terminal

Bucket

Two

500

Eastern/Rosebud

Minneapolis (Northtown)

Terminal

Conveyer

Six

500

Eastern

Sartell

Main Line

Bucket

Two

500

Eastern/Rosebud

Staples

Terminal

Trestle

20

700

Eastern

Lake Park

Main Line

Conveyer

Six

500

Eastern/Rosebud

Fargo Division

Dilworth

Terminal

Conveyer

Six

500

Eastern/Rosebud

Koldok

Main Line

Steele

Two

350

Eastern/Rosebud

Jamestown

Terminal

Trestle

Six

450

Eastern/Rosebud

Dawson

Main Line

Conveyer

Six

500

Eastern/Rosebud

Yellowstone Division

Mandan

Terminal

Trestle

Six

450

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Glenullen

Main Line

Bucket

Four

250

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Dickinson

Main Line

Steel

Two

500

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Beach

Main Line

Conveyer

Four

500

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Glendive

Siding

Steel

Two

500

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Benz

Main Line

Steel

Two

500

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Forsyth

Siding

Trestle

Six

450

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Custer

Main Line

Steel

Two

500

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Billings

Terminal

Conveyer

Six

500

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Laurel

Terminal

Bucket/Trestle

Four/Six

250/450

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Greycliff

Main Line

Steel

One

350

Rosebud

Rocky Mountain Division

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Livingston

Terminal

Trestle

Six

450

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Bozeman

Terminal

Bucket

Four

250

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Logan

Terminal

Bucket

Four

250

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Townsend

Main Line

Bucket

Two

160

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Helena

Terminal

Trestle

Eight

600

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Garrison

Main Line

Trestle

Six

450

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Whitehall

Main Line

Bucket

Four

250

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Butte

Main Line

Conveyer

Eight

200

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Bearmouth

Main Line

Bucket

Two

160

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Missoula

Terminal

Conveyer

Six

500

Bear Creek/Rosebud

Rivulet

Main Line

Trestle

Nine

420

Rosebud

Idaho Division

Paradise

Main Line

Steele

Two

500

Rosebud/Roslyn

Trout Creek

Main Line

Trestle

Six

450

Rosebud/Roslyn

Kootenai

Terminal

Trestle

Six

450

Rosebud/Roslyn

Hauser

Main Line

Conveyer

Four

250

Rosebud

Parkwater

Terminal

Trestle

Six

450

Rosebud/Roslyn

Lind

Main Line

Conveyer

Two

250

Roslyn/Rosebud

Pasco

Terminal

Trestle

Six

450

Bear Creek/Roslyn

Gibbon

Main Line

Bucket

Three

160

Roslyn

Toppenish

Main Line

Steel

One

100

Roslyn

Tacoma Division

Roslyn

Yakima

Main Line

Bucket

Two

160

Roslyn

Yakima

Terminal

Bucket

One

100

Roslyn

Cle Elum

Main Line

Traveling Crane

-

-

Roslyn

Easton

Main Line

Bucket

One

75

Roslyn

Lester

Main Line

Trestle

Six

450

Roslyn

Auburn

Terminal

Trestle

Six

450

Roslyn

Seattle

Terminal

Bucket

One

250

Roslyn

Tacoma

Terminal

Bucket

Four

250

Roslyn

Centralia

Terminal

Trestle

Eighteen

1350

Roslyn

Note: All docks are of timber construction unless noted as steel under vertical column marked “Type”. On all steel docks hoisting of coal is handled by buckets. Staples dock has nominal capacity of 1000 tons and at present time chutes to one track are not used.

Office of Chief Engineer,   St. Paul,  Nov. 1,1940