The 300-ton coal tipple at the Muskingum Electric Railroad's loading loop area south of Cumberland, Morgan County, Ohio. The Muskingum Electric Railroad was the first truly automated railroad in the United States. It was operated by the Central Ohio Coal Company, a subsidiary of the Ohio Power Company, to transport Meigs Creek (No. 9) coal that was developed from the strip mining operation of the Big Muskie. The coal from the mines was trucked to the Muskingum Electric Railroad's loading area south of Cumberland, dumped at trestle, then cleaned and put on surge pile for loading at tipple where the railroad's remote controlled diesel was kept. The two Muskingum Electric locomotives, No. 100 and No. 200, were built by Genral Electric [...]
