coaling stage

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English

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Coaling stage at Grosmont, Yorkshire

Noun

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coaling stage (plural coaling stages)

  1. (rail transport) a structure, which took various forms, used to supply coal to steam locomotives.
    • 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 48 (photo caption):
      Handsome 3001 gets away from the coaling stage at Mendota, Ill., in 1958 with a 16-car Illini Club excursion loaded with admirers.
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