A tipple is a structure used at a mine to load the extracted product (e.g., coal, ores) for transport, typically into railroad hopper cars. In the United States, tipples have been frequently associated with coal mines , but they have also been used for hard rock mining .

A coal preparation plant (CPP; known as a coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP), coal handling plant, prep plant, tipple or wash plant) is a facility that washes coal of soil and rock, crushes it into graded sized chunks (sorting), stockpiles grades preparing it for transport to market, and more often than not, also loads coal into rail ...

Dec 8, 2011 · So let's take a tour of the existing and planned tipples, truck dumps and prep plants on the North Pierce Subdivision of the Chesapeake, Wheeling and Erie. The first stop is the Allison Coal Company loader located at North Piece, West Virginia.

I have designed a very simple O scale Coal Tipple made from 3/16 inch Styrofoam Sheet and stripwood. It will have interior lighting. Basic plans are attached. Not all details shown. Model photos shown below. The tipple is constructed as four separate units.

Nov 29, 2010 · It offers ideas on different types of small to large tipples and how to bash them. The have been many more tipples plans published for both standard gauge and narrow gauge, all eastern in design from mule powered to dog mines and the rest.

Apr 3, 2014 · Plans for O scale Scratchbuilt Coal Tipple made from Styrofoam Sheet. I have designed a very simple Coal Tipple made from Styrofoam Sheet and stripwood. It will have interior lighting. Basic plans are attached. Not all details shown. Model photos to come.

The facility, known as a tipple, is a preparation plant which crushes coal and loads it into railcars for shipment to customers. The tipple was designed and manufactured by McNally-Pittsburg of Pittsburg, Kansas and erected by mine personnel. It went into operation in January 1982.

Jan 25, 2017 · SSM's structural engineers assessed the existing condition of the timber-framed structure and provided engineering analysis and design to replace or reconstruct a portion of the coal breaker, called the tipple.

Jan 10, 2007 · I've been trying to re-formulate my model railroad trackplan to incorporate a staging area. I have come up with one plan that may work (I need to do a more detailed mock-up), but the addition of staging places pressure on space in the area where I plan to have the "Cinderella" coal mine tipple.

The tipple consists of two distinct parts: the coal bin, which is the large gable-roofed structure (uphill portion) and the chutes (downhill portion). The gable-roofed structure would receive and store the coal for the sorting and loading process.