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Boos’ Coal Tipple, Mary Lake, AZ |
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| FCP Extra 1506 South passes the decrepit coaling tower just outside Mary Lake. The tipple dates from the narrow-gauge Arizona Mineral Belt days, when coal replaced wood as fuel for the diminutive 4-4-0’s of the era. The line was widened to standard gauge and converted from coal to oil around 1900, when it was absorbed by the present-day Mogollon & Southwestern RR, leaving the old tipple to gradually fall into disrepair. NMRA MMR Al Boos scratchbuilt the tipple from a Long Island prototype he passed each day walking to school. Model donated to the M&Sw by Stan Adams. |
