coaling stage

Noun

 * 1)  a structure, which took various forms, used to supply coal to steam locomotives.
 * 2) * 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 48 (photo caption):
 * "en"

- Handsome 3001 gets away from the coaling stage at Mendota, Ill., in 1958 with a 16-car Illini Club excursion loaded with admirers.