Zeigler Coal Company Explained

Zeigler Coal Company was a coal mining company founded by Joseph Leiter along with its company town of Zeigler, Illinois in 1903.[1]

It was controlled by the Zeigler Coal Holding Company, which, in 1998, was purchased by the Addington Brothers AEI Resources. The company produced steam-grade coal, which it primarily sold to electric utilities.

Railroad Operations

The company had registered a reporting mark, ZCCX, with the AAR. At least one piece of rolling stock, originally their NW2 switcher #2-22, remains in full Zeigler Coal Company Paint.

Notes

  1. Book: Coffey, Nancy Glidden . The story of Edgewater House 1910-2016 . 2016 . Beverly Historical Society . 978-1-891906-13-8 . Beverly, MA . 21 . en . 972879977.

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