"We've got so much coal here but the problem is that we can't extract it." Steam locomotives rely on bituminous lump coal to burn, which is relatively smokeless and comparatively clean. The ...

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam ... hulls and wood waste, substitutes 40 percent of what is burned to maintain the fire. “Bio-coke can generate only 60 percent of the heat that coal can ...

Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway runs trains run from Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog and Caernarfon A shortage of coal is worrying vintage steam railway operators as they welcome visitors ...