HO Structure Kit CINDER CONVEYOR AND ASH PIT
iced and the quality and type of coal used; a large terminal servicing 100 engines could accumulate 120 to 125 cubicyards of cinders every day! Older, smaller ash pits couldn''t begin to handle such volume. And railroads soon found that cinders could be used as bal last and fill. Larger pits were needed, along with ways to remove the cinders.