The Coal Station is a destination. It features a detachable crane which can pick up the included coal cargo from a coal car and swivel to drop it onto the coal hopper's conveyor belt. Turning the red knob on the side of the hopper moves the cargo up the conveyor belt and into the chute, which then deposits the coal into an awaiting coal car. It includes two coal cars and two coal cargo pieces. It was first released in Clickity-Clack Track, then in Traction Rail in 2002.
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- The prototype 1999 Coal Station features black roofs on the crane and building and a gray magnet on the crane.
- The crane has a plastic sheath which conceals the magnet when fully retracted. This makes it more difficult for attached cargo to be removed by hand. The plastic barrier on the lower end of the hopper can detach the cargo and drop it onto the conveyor belt when the crane swivels cargo against it.
- The front of the 2001 box depicts Duke without his tender. On the back of the 2001 box, however, he does have his tender.