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Falk Coal Co.

Falk Coal Co.
Union,  NJ


The coal silos of Falk Coal Co. September 1971. Photo taken by Steve Hepler.


Falk Coal Co. was one of the last retail coal dealers in operation on the RV, receiving shipments of coal up until the mid-1970's. Falk was located on the southerly side of the Rahway Valley Line on Vauxhall Road, where the company had four large yellow silos for storing coal. A spur came off the RV and ran along side the silos to where the coal dump was for the hopper cars that would come in via the RV. In later years Kingston Coal Co., located on Stanley Terrace, moved in with Falk at their location as the construction of I-78 severed their connection to the RV.

 

Rahway Valley Railroad
Customer Profile

Name:

Falk Coal Co.
(a.k.a. Kingston-Falk)

Location:

Vauxhall Road
Union, N.J.

Years of
Operation:

????-1970's

Nature of
Business:

Retail coal

Shipments
via RV:

Coal (hoppers), inbound

RR Siding? Yes, one siding and coal dump.
Notes: Now the location of townhouses and a playground at the corner of Hendricks Road and Vauxhall Road.


Falk Coal Co. Photo taken by Bruce Trampler.



A Norfolk & Western hopper car sits on the siding at Falk Coal. Note all the coal conveyers. September, 1971. Photo taken by Steve Hepler.

A Norfolk & Western hopper car sits on the coal dump at Falk Coal. September, 1971. Photo taken by Steve Hepler.




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