tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62444232378262222632024-03-13T17:23:03.985-07:00VIRGINIAN RAILWAY HERITAGE TRAILThe purpose of the Virginian Railway Heritage Trail is to recognize surviving locations in Virginia and West Virginia which are important in the history of the railroad.Aubrey "Junkman" Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00168259701783532386noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244423237826222263.post-13963643416724640592014-08-20T09:14:00.000-07:002016-10-24T16:28:46.393-07:00Beyond Deepwater to Charleston<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">From the end of the Virginian Railway at Deepwater, to the end of Passenger Service at Charleston, by menas of the Chesapeake & Ohio and the New York Central railways</span></strong></div>
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Deepwater Area - Milepost 434</h2>
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West Deepwater -August Thieme Picture, AWiley Collection<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div>
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<o:p>Trains leaving the Kanawha River Bridge see this view. DB Tower was just beyond the trees on the left side.</o:p></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The NYC station whose build date is unknown, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>had a very interesting history itself. <span style="color: black;">The Ohio Central had built eastward <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>along the north bank of the Kanawha River to reach Charleston in the 1800’s but it went into receivership in 1883 and was <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>sold to the Kanawha & Ohio in 1885. In 1889 the K&O went into receivership and was rechartered as the Kanawha& Michigan. The K&M then extended east of Charleston to Gauley Bridge by buying the Charleston & Gauley Bridge Railroad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The K&M was an independent operation, but was controlled by the Toledo & Ohio, later the Hocking Valley. The C&O acquired a controlling interest in the Hocking Valley , however in 1914 the US District Court forced the C&O to sell the K&M under terms of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Control passed back to the Toledo & Ohio Central which was leased by New York Central in 1922.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to Ross Hunter for the NYC station details. </span></span></div>
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success of this endeavor to share knowledge of the Virginian Railway and
thereby making it easier for fans to visit sites along the railroad is due to
the willingness of many people to go out on a limb and try something new. Add a
touch of trust to the enthusiasm and throw in much time and hard work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first person I will recognize for supporting this project is my wife and best
friend, Charlotte Wiley. Friends, both old and new, include: Gerry Albers, Tommy Arthur, Doug Bess, Rev.
Randy Black, Frank Bongiovanni, M. Kent Brinkley, G. H. Brown, Jim Brown, Harry Bundy, Ed Burnett, Jeb Burnett ,
Bobby Davis, Charles Edwards, Greg Elam, Patty Eller, Billy Ellett, Bev Fitzpatrick, Watt
Foster, Kenneth Fox, Jeff Hawkins, Chislain Hunter, Scott Greathouse, Jimmy Harden, Mitchell Haugh, Paul Higgs,
Ross Hunter, William H. Johnson,III, Colin Kellam, James A. Kincaid, Ben Kitchen, Carol Lawless, Charlie Long, Les Marsh, Tom Marshall, Roger Martin, Ken Miller, Ken
Patterson, Samuel Phillips, Heather Reynolds, Robert Robinson, Ed Ross, J. Howard Spencer, Steve Summers, Charlie Towne, <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;">Simon van de Laak,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"> Jerry Waters, </span>Delbert Whitlow and
John Zuro. The Virginian Railway Heritage Trail historical marker signs were made by Signs By Tomorrow - Lynchburg, Va.</span></div>
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expenses of the Heritage Trail Historical Markers were borne by the following
supportive <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>companies, organizations and
individuals:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sebrell - Kent Brinkley in memory of Staley Butler Brinkley, Sr., Terminal
Trainmaster & General Yardmaster of Roanoke yard;
Suffolk – Suffolk Seaboard Station Museum; Victoria – Town of Victoria;
Phenix - Charlotte & Aubrey Wiley; Brookneal - Ed Burnett; Altavista -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Town
of Altavista;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Virginia Museum of
Transportation – VMT; Roanoke Station - Roanoke Chapter N.R.H.S.; Merrimac – Montgomery County; Narrows - Town of Narrows; Glen Lyn – Town of Glen
Lyn; Princeton – Princeton Railroad Museum; Mullens – Tom Marshall;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slab Fork – William H. Johnson III in memory of five VGN relatives; Deepwater -
Gerry Albers and assistance from Colin Kellam and Roger Martin; C&O and VGN Station - Matt Crouch. Thank you for your support! – </span> <em>Aubrey Wiley</em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times";"><em>The Virginian Railway Heritage Trail blog cover picture shows an eastbound train approaching the 460 highway overpass at Pearisburg, Virginia. Celco is just out of sight around the curve. The locomotive is number 128, a class EL-2b electric, and the date was July 20, 1955. The picture is from the collection of John Zuro. Unless otherwise noted, other pictures were either taken by Aubrey Wiley or from his collection.</em> All pictures are copyrighted.</span><br />
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Visit the web site made by the VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION which recognizes the Virginian Railway Heriatge Trail and recommends it to visitors to the state. <a href="http://www.virginia.org/Listings/HistoricSites/VirginianRailwayHeritageTrail/">http://www.virginia.org/Listings/HistoricSites/VirginianRailwayHeritageTrail/</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">email: </span><a href="mailto:VGNHeritageTrail@aol.com"><span style="font-size: small;">VGNHeritageTrail@aol.com</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although every effort has been made to obtain permission for placement of Virginian Railway Heritage Trail historical marker signs, it just was not possible in every case and those locations are so noted below. However in all instances, directions are provided. Remember to be respectful of private and public property and that you are guests at all locations. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Do not copy the pictures in this blog without permission. All pictures are copyrighted by the individual contributors. Contact the blog owner with your request.</em> <a href="mailto:VGNHeritageTrail@aol.com">VGNHeritageTrail@aol.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Virginian's milepost zero in Norfolk was beside the Freight House, which was very <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>near Norfolk Terminal Passenger Station. That area is a parking lot for a stadium as the 21st century begins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Virginian passenger and local freight trains operated from this area for 2.3 miles to a junction with the mainline at Tidewater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At Tidewater, mainline freights continued east on the mainline to Virginian’s yard and coal piers at Sewalls Point, eight miles away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Sewalls Point property is now owned by the U. S. Navy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coleman Place Tower, milepost A 1.4, was 6.6 miles from Sewalls Point and the point at which Virginian interchanged with the Pennsylvania Railroad. The modern style tower still stands and can be reached from the dead end of the 3100 block of Cape Henry Rd, Norfolk, Va., 23509. Cape Henry Rd can be reached by turning west from Princess Anne Rd (Rt 166), onto Ballentine Blvd. and then north onto Cape Henry Rd. Coleman Place Tower sits beside the very active NS mainline which is patrolled by NS police. Do not leave the end of the public street! .</span> </div>
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was an extremely interesting location on the Virginian, connecting with five <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>different railroads; Atlantic Coast Line,
Atlantic & Danville, Norfolk & Western, Norfolk Southern and Seaboard
Air Line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seaboard’s Portsmouth branch was
already in place when the Virginian’s right of way was being surveyed and when completed, for more
than ten miles the two lines were parallel. Seaboard had an attractive brick station
in Suffolk and Virginian, built right beside the SAL passenger station and shared the
structure. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After World War II, Virginian
purchased two and a quarter miles of Norfolk Southern’s branch from the peanut
factory valley to the pier on the Nansemond River and a connection with the
Virginian, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>just a hundred yards east of
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Near the end of VGN's 2-1/4 miles long branch into the peanut factory district, 0-8-0 switcher number 4 positions box cars. In the 21st century, many of old buildings still stand.</h4>
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records, the Virginian Railway station at Sebrell, Va., is a variation of a standard
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making its stop in the summer of 1953 and the time would be 2:15 pm, if the
train was on time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scene abounds
with small details, such as the Robertson High Speed Train Order device shown opposite
the door of the RPO section of the first car. The typical consist of the train
was a head end car with sections for baggage and the Railway Post Office and
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Sebrell Station was purchased from N&W, after the VGN-N&W merger, by the Kitchen family fifty years ago and moved about a mile north from the railroad to the family farm. Situated on private property, it can be seen by traveling north on route 35 from Courtland, Va., to 16317 Plant Road. Before reaching the farm and the station, route 35 crosses the old VGN right of way. The station stood just east of what appears to have been the business district and on the south side of the tracks. The farm is on the right as is the VGN Heritage Trail sign to indicate the lane leading to the station. Remember, it is on provate property. Mr. Ben Kitchen is the owner. </div>
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Victoria, Virginia - Milepost 119.7</h2>
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and admirer of England’s Queen Victoria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the route for his railroad was being surveyed, he saw to it that the
first major town to be created along its route would carry her name, Victoria, Virginia.
Victoria grew to become a major railroad
yard, locomotive and freight car servicing and repair facility. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At its zenith 400 people were employed there,
the yard was ten tracks wide and there was a thirteen stall roundhouse with
complete locomotive and car support structures. The Norfolk Division offices
were in a two story structure which was also the passenger station. </span></span></div>
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century, the leaders of the town of Victoria have created an amazing park of 21
acres from the land of the former yard. In the collection of restored Virginian
equipment are: C-10a caboose 342, G-5a coal gondola<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>22019, a GRS VGN searchlight signal, the Nutbush,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Va. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>passenger shelter, a VGN company phone box, a steam
locomotive bell, a company motor car shed – tool house and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a collection of VGN <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mileposts and whistle posts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the park are two pavilions, play lots,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>volleyball courts and paved walking trails
leading around the footprints of the roundhouse and turntable. The park is on Firehouse Road, between 3rd and 7th Sts. Firehouse Road is parallel with Main Street which intersects with routes 40 and 49.</span></span></div>
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Phenix Bridge - Milepost 158</h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Just
after midnight, December 2, 1957, Virginian’s eastbound time freight
number<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>72 derailed off Cub Creek
Bridge in Charlotte County, Virginia, just west of Phenix. Thirty eight cars of the fifty one car train sailed off the south side
of the bridge. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Miraculously, five freight
cars and the caboose came to a stop just short of falling from the bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The repaired bridge was back in operation in
just under thirteen days. Several of the bridge legs were destroyed as part
of the bridge itself fell to stream below.</span></div>
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Brookneal, Va. - Milepost 170.3</h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In its prime, Brookneal had a station on the south side of the railroad and a freight house stood beside a house track on the opposite side with a passing siding between.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The railroad structures were always painted in the early color scheme of orange with white trim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The west end of the surviving freight house is shown behind the flat car loaded with farm tractors.</span></span></span></span></div>
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In this 1950 picture, train number 3 passes the freight house as it approaches the Brookneal station. Notice the small dark object on the ground in bottom center. It is the flap cover for the withdrawn Robertson High Speed Train Order device, which is extended in the top picture.</div>
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Fuels from N&W after the merger and has been well cared for ever since. Today
the VGN Freight House is painted “Barn Red” and is on Old Main Street, of 501
south of downtown, but north of the Staunton River Bridge. The VGN Freight
House is privately owned but visitors are allowed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The structure stands beside the old Virginian
and today it is a very active NS line. Do not trespass near or on the railroad
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Altavista, Va. Staunton River Bridge - Milepost 200</h2>
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The town of Altavista, Virginia and the Virginian station are at milepost 199.2. When H.H.Rogers' Tidewater Railroad was bieng constructed a major contractor was an Altavista company run by the English family. In addition to the projected business growth that was projected, there would be a connection and interchange with the Southern Railroad's north-south mainline. In April 1909 after the Rogers' celebration and inspection train reached Altavista, a grand dinner was held. Rogers enjoyed himself so much that he delayed the departure of his train until the following day. That delighted the Altavista hosts but in Roanoke, the city's leaders had planned a grand celebration in N&W's Hotel Roanoke! Hurt feelings were healed and it all went of without a hitch, just one day later.</div>
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Va., may be reached from the east by route 699, Gladys Rd.,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and from the north and south by US route 29.
The Virginian Heritage Trail sites are all in the downtown area. Enter town on
Main Street and turn east on Pittsylvania Ave. to reach English Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel about 200 yards on Pittsylvania Ave.
and then turn right onto Third Street. The park is straight ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Park near the pavilion or drive a little further
and park. To reach the Virginian’s bridge at milepost 200 over the Staunton
River, visitors may walk along the trail for about 15 minutes or bike for about
5 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walk or bike on the paved
trail bearing to the right which goes under the old Southern Railway bridge
over the Staunton River. The vintage picture above was made from the opposite side of the river while the train's freight cars are shown above the location of the English Park Trail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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visitors return to the parking lot, the large pedestrian walkway over the old
Virginian offers a good picture location for both east and west bound trains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the north end of that pedestrian walkway,
the old brick Virginian station can be seen. A fire destroyed the VGN wood
station in the fall of 1957.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, it
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Altavista, Va. Caboose 344 - Milepost 199</h2>
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Broad Street, turning left at the library. Go two more blocks on Washington
Street to see the restored Southern Railway station which now houses the local
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Museum of Transportation - Located on Norfolk Avenue in downtown Roanoke is the
Virginia Museum of Transportation. It can be reached from Salem Avenue by
turning north onto Third Street. The museum is straight ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hours are from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily
except for 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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pieces of equipment used on the Virginian Railway are preserved and displayed
here.</span></div>
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Steam<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Locomotive number 4 was built
by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baldwin Locomotive Works, August
1910. The Four Spot saw use as a yard engine all over the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>railroad before being retired in 1957.
Primarily it was used at Sewalls Point, in Norfolk, Suffolk, Victoria ,
Roanoke<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and Princeton’s yards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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3, 300 horsepower, Virginian Electric Locomotive number 135 was <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>built by General Electric in November
1956.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Virginian’s electrified territory
reached from Mullens, WV<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to Roanoke,
Va., a distance of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>134 miles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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caboose number 321 is classed C-10 and was built by St. Louis Car Co. for the
Virginian in 1949.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Serving all over the
entire railroad of nearly 600 miles in length, a freight train’s crew called it
home while in transit. The train’s caboose crew could consist of as many as
five men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cabooses were typically
assigned to a specific conductor who would often personalize his caboose. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was equipped with a propane stove for
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Agent/Operator’s shanty from Ellett, Va, milepost 272.4 was built in 1952 by
railroad forces of “available materials,” rough cut oak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This structure replaced a traditional
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Virginian Room displays many interesting Virginian items from private
collections.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Roanoke Passenger Station - Milepost 243.1</h2>
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Virginian passenger station built in 1909. It is said to be constructed from a
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">As the coal traffic on the Virginian began to mushroom by 1920, it became clear a better solution had to be found to get the loaded coal trains out of West Virginia. The grade at Clark’s Gap, west of Princeton, was the steepest and a bottleneck to operations. And it was expensive to operate in its then-current condition. Huge steam locomotives were being used and the trains were slow. At the railroad’s Board of Directors meeting in the spring of 1923, it was decided to commence work to electrify a portion of the railroad. Engineering and design work commenced Nov. 29, 1923 after Virginian’s hiring of the engineering firm of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gibbs & Hill of New York City, generally identified as pioneers in railroad electrification. One hundred and thirty four miles of the mainline would be electrified. The firm immediately erected a field office at Narrows before construction of the power plant started. To construct the overhead and functioning electric lines for the 133.6 miles of electrified railroad, the railroad directors approved $5,964,973 for catenary in Virginia and $1,977.292 for catenary in West Virginia. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Narrows, Virginia was chosen as the site for the power plant because of a town already there and it being half way between the extreme ends of the electrified territory; Mullens and Roanoke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plant’s primary building was 220 feet by 156 feet and roughly 140 feet high. Two brick stacks stood 376 feet tall. There were three turbo generators with a fourth available as needed, each capable of producing 15,000 k.w of electricity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By means of transformers, the power could be raised to 88,000 volts when it left the plant. The 377 transmission towers, arranged along in more or less straight lines but not necessarily adjacent to the railroad, carried two 88,000 volt circuits. Seven step-down transformer stations were located at Elmore, Clark’s Gap, Princeton, Narrows, Eggleston, Merrimac and Wabun. The 88,000 volts current<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from the transmission lines was dropped down to either 11,000 volts or 22,000 volts to be supplied as needed to the trolley lines directly above the tracks for the electric locomotives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">As an illustration of the output of the Narrows Power Plant operation, the 45,000 kilowatts to 60,000 kw produced at the plant in 1925, before any upgrades or modifications, would be sufficient to power the entire City of Princeton, West Virginia in 2010. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">(sources - 2010 US census and Appalachian Power Company)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">For its initial electric locomotives, the railroad turned to Alco and Westinghouse; Westinghouse specialized in AC transmission whereas at the time, General Electric preferred DC transmission. While rather simple looking in outward appearance, these three section locomotives could provide tremendous amounts of power, 7,125 hp and 231,000 pounds of tractive effort. The locomotive’s tremendous tractive effort was in part due to its large size, weighing in at over 1.2 million pounds with a length of 152 feet and 3 inches. Initially, Virginian received and operated twelve of these three section locomotives, spending $4,646,292. Within a few years, the last one was divided into three single section locomotives for switching and yard work. During the years of their lifespans, a couple others were separated and then reunited again. Virginian added more electric locomotives of different designs in 1948 and 1956-57.</span></div>
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1909. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The author of one newspaper story
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Princeton, WV station, built in 1912, was one of only two, two-story stations
constructed on the Virginian. The other was at Victoria, milepost 119.7, and
both housed division offices upstairs. This vintage, hand colored post card
shows the side often seen by the public as they approached the station to meet
a passenger train. N&W demolished the original building in 1979.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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built a replica station in 2006, while developing the adjacent neighborhood
into an historical center. The structure, although not painted in authentic
Virginian colors, houses an excellent collection of Virginian artifacts <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">with meeting rooms for social functions. The hours vary so calling is
suggested. 304.487.5060.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span> It is
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Elmore from Princeton on route 10, be alert for several often photographed
locations along the way. As crossing a large concrete bridge, be aware of the
NS railroad facilities below. The old Virginian mainline from Princeton curves
in from the east while the Guyandotte River branch passes under the bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Virginian’s steam engine servicing facilities
were in the area to the east of the north end of the bridge. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turn right onto route 16 to reach Mullens.</span></div>
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the recent picture above, the NS locomotive is passing form the westbound
mainline onto the Guyandotte River branch to the left. All three legs of a wye are
visible in this picture with the westbound mainline being behind the brick
railroad office structure. The track with standing camp cars is the leg
connecting the eastbound mainline to the Guyandotte River branch. The two miles
long Elmore Yard is in the narrow river valley in the top center</span></span></div>
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at the north end of Elmore Yard is Mullens and the site of the famed “Motor
Barn” where from 1925 through the N&W merger to the summer of 1962, all
electric locomotives were shopped. When diesels started to arrive in the spring
of 1954, they were maintained at Mullens Motor Barn as well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2011, the structure was demolished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The famed Winding Gulf branch enters the mainline
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2011-2012, a replica of the Virginian’s Ellett agent-operator’s shanty at Ellett
was built in Mullens <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to serve as a
railroader’s museum. It stands in front of the Mullens Opportunity Center<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(formerly Mullens Grade School) on Guyandot
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caboose 307, class C-10, built by St. Louis Car Company in 1948, is preserved
and sits near the Rite Aid Pharmacy <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at
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above the town is Virginian’s massive bridge, 613 feet long and eighty feet
high.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slab Fork is very representative
of the area’s coal mining communities and is easily reached from Mullens by
traveling north on route 54.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Oak Hill Station - Milepost 419.3</h2>
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Virginian Oak Hill Station does not resemble other Virginian structures for a
very good reason. It was built in 1903 by the White Oak Railway, the railroad
facility of owner White Oak Coal Company and the Virginian may not have even
been an idea in 1903. Virginian leased the station in 1912 and ultimately purchased
it 1922. After the VGN/N&W merger of 1959, N&W continued to use the
facility until closure in 1983. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
donated to the City of Oak Hill by Norfolk Southern in 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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station, located at the corner of Virginia and Central avenues in Oak Hill, WV,
is owned by the city and used by the White Oak Chapter of the National Railway
Historical Society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is painted in
Virginian’s standard color scheme of orange with white trim which was used from
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The Deepwater Building, standing in historic downtown Beckley, West Virginia at 128 S. Heber Street, was built circa 1904 by the Deepwater Railroad to be the headquarters of the coal sales office of Loop Creek Colliery of Page and Beards Fork, WV. H.H. Rogers was a primary owner of both the Deepwater Railway, which became the Virginian Railway in April 1907, and Loop Creek Colliery so the connection is obvious. In 1910 a devastating fire consumed nearly all of downtown Beckley, save the stone, four story Deepwater Building. In 1912 the Virginian Railway sold the structure to a partnership of two Beckley men, a lawyer and a doctor, who rented out the unused professional space to others, including the American Red Cross and the Citizens Bank of Beckley. In 1919 a fire destroyed some of the interior of the structure. In 1920, the partnership in turn sold the building to the United Mine Workers Union to serve at headquarters of Distract 29. In the building's second century of life, it offers residential apartments. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This 1906 view shows much of Page under construction. At the top, the station is being built and in the upper left, the branch to a coal mine is being graded. Greg Elam Collection</span></div>
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passes beside the church, toward the river, is the site of VGN’s connection
with the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad and yard. When built, this trackage was
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of the Kanawha River was completed in 1931. Today, it is an active NS/CSX
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along 61 to the west is Virginian’s bridge over route 61, above which VGN’s
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Virginian’s passenger train service in 1909 to January 24, 1952, the western
terminus for passenger trains was in Charleston, West Virginia, a distance of
466 miles. From October 10, 1909 to 1931, Virginia’s trains called on
Charleston using the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad station. Situated on
McCorkle Ave. SE (route 61) and beside South Side Bridge, the C&O station
pictured above was built in 1905. From 1931, when the Kanawha River bridge was
completed, VGN’s passenger service was to the New York Central and Baltimore
& Ohio railroads’ station. Best research suggests that the combined
NYC/B&O station was at the end of Broad Street and in the 1100 block of Smith Street in downtown
Charleston. Today, Broad is Leon Sullivan Way.</span></span><br />
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River bridge was completed, VGN’s passenger service to Charleston was to the
New York Central station. The NYC was at the end of Broad Street and in the
1100 block of Smith Street in downtown Charleston. Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad’s passenger trains also called on the NYC station. In the 1908
postcard view above, the view is looking east and Interstate 64 would be built to the
left of the railroad. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The NYC station , built 1897 and demolished in 1975, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>had a very interesting history
itself. <span style="color: black;">The Ohio Central had built eastward <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>along the north bank of the Kanawha River to reach
Charleston in the 1800’s but it went into receivership in 1883 and was <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sold to the Kanawha & Ohio in 1885. In
1889 the K&O went into receivership and was rechartered as the Kanawha
& Michigan. The K&M then extended east of Charleston to Gauley Bridge
by buying the Charleston & Gauley Bridge Railroad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The K&M was an independent operation, but
was controlled by the Toledo & Ohio, later the Hocking Valley. The C&O
acquired a controlling interest in the Hocking Valley , however in 1914 the US
District Court forced the C&O to sell the K&M under terms of the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Control passed
back to the Toledo & Ohio Central which was leased by New York Central in
1922.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to Ross Hunter and Jerry Waters for the NYC station details. <em>This web site contains excellent archival pictures of Charleston, WV. www.mywvhome.com</em></span></span></span><br />
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Aubrey "Junkman" Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00168259701783532386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244423237826222263.post-4526731501293770622012-07-30T08:48:00.001-07:002013-03-08T17:06:10.655-08:00Milepost 243 to 375 - Roanoke to Elmore<h2 align="center">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Merrimac operator’s shanty was located on the north side of Virginian right of way at milepost 278.3<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and just over a hundred yards west of the west portal of Alleghany Tunnel, 5176 feet long. Between these two features, a bridge carried N&W’s Huckleberry Branch over the Virginian, clinking Blacksburg and Christiansburg, Va.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A connecting track between the two railroads was near the operator’s shanty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To
reach Merrimac, the traveler may use a paved trail created and maintained by
Montgomery County. “The Huckleberry Trail” starts behind the left (south) end
of New River Valley Shopping Mall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enter
the Mall by turning off business 460 onto Radford Road and going to the far left
(south) end where a roadway loops behind the mall. Signs for the trail and a
parking area are very visible in the back of the mall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The distance to Merrimac is about ¾ of a
mile, 5 minutes on a bike or 15 minutes by walking. The trail crosses the very
active NS track beside the old N&W branchline bridge piers. Look to the west
for the site of the operator’s shanty and look to the east for the west portal
of Alleghany Tunnel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About one mile beyond
Merrimac is the county’s Coal Mining Heritage Park where anthracite coal was
once mined. </span><br />
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tunnel was 5176 feet long with the crest of grades being at the west portal,
1960 feet above sea level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The grade for
westbound trains approaching the tunnel was 1.5% while .6% was the grade for eastbound
trains approaching the tunnel. The tunnel was improved with concrete lining and
portals in 1924. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As the coal traffic on
the Virginian began to mushroom by 1920, it became clear a better solution had
to be found to get the loaded coal trains out of West Virginia. The grade at
Clark’s Gap, west of Princeton, was the steepest and a bottleneck to operations.
And it was expensive to operate in its then-current condition. Huge steam
locomotives were being used and the trains were slow. At the railroad’s Board
of Directors meeting in the spring of 1923, it was decided to commence work to
electrify a portion of the railroad. Engineering and design work commenced Nov.
29, 1923 after Virginian’s hiring of the engineering firm of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gibbs & Hill of New York City, generally
identified as pioneers in railroad electrification. One hundred and thirty four
miles of the mainline would be electrified. The firm immediately erected a
field office at Narrows before construction of the power plant started. To
construct the overhead and functioning electric lines for the 133.6 miles of
electrified railroad, the railroad directors approved $5,964,973 for catenary
in Virginia and $1,977.292 for catenary in West Virginia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Narrows, Virginia was
chosen as the site for the power plant because of a town already there and it
being half way between the extreme ends of the electrified territory; Mullens
and Roanoke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plant’s primary
building was 220 feet by 156 feet and roughly 140 feet high. Two brick stacks
stood 376 feet tall. There were three turbo generators with a fourth available
as needed, each capable of producing 15,000 k.w of electricity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By means of transformers, the power could be
raised to 88,000 volts when it left the plant. The 377 transmission towers,
arranged along in more or less straight lines but not necessarily adjacent to the
railroad, carried two 88,000 volt circuits. Seven step-down transformer
stations were located at Elmore, Clark’s Gap, Princeton, Narrows, Eggleston,
Merrimac and Wabun. The 88,000 volts current<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>from the transmission lines was dropped down to either 11,000 volts or 22,000 volts to be
supplied as needed to the trolley lines directly above the tracks for the electric
locomotives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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the output of the Narrows Power Plant operation, the 45,000 kilowatts to 60,000
kw produced at the plant in 1925, before any upgrades or modifications, would
be sufficient to power the entire City of Princeton, West Virginia in 2010. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">(sources - 2010 US census and
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For its initial electric
locomotives, the railroad turned to Alco and Westinghouse; Westinghouse
specialized in AC transmission whereas at the time, General Electric preferred
DC transmission. While rather simple looking in outward appearance, these three
section locomotives could provide tremendous amounts of power, 7,125 hp and
231,000 pounds of tractive effort. The locomotive’s tremendous tractive effort
was in part due to its large size, weighing in at over 1.2 million pounds with
a length of 152 feet and 3 inches. Initially, Virginian received and operated twelve
of these three section locomotives, spending $4,646,292. Within a few years,
the last one was divided into three single section locomotives for switching
and yard work. During the years of their lifespans, a couple others were
separated and then reunited again. Virginian added more electric locomotives of
different designs in 1948 and 1956-57.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">After Virginian’s
merger with N&W December 1, 1959, N&W made a token effort to utilize
the Virginian’s electric locomotive fleet. The electrics didn’t fit in; they
could only be used on a section of the former Virginian line and N&W had
cast its lot into the diesel electric locomotive camp earlier. In June 1962,
the last train to operate over the old Virginian with electric locomotives made
its last run into Roanoke. The engines were a trio of five years old General
Electric, 3300 horsepower, class EL-C class locomotives. With no purpose to
serve, the Narrows Power Plant was demolished in 1970.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">The City of Princeton built a replica station in 2006, while developing the adjacent neighborhood into an historical center. The structure, although not painted in authentic Virginian colors, houses an excellent collection of Virginian artifacts <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">with meeting rooms for social functions. The hours vary so calling is suggested. 304.487.5060.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span> It is located on the site of the original station, 99 Mercer Street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The original freight house is next door. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Deepwater Building, standing in historic downtown Beckley, West Virginia at 128 S. Heber Street, was built circa 1904 by the Deepwater Railroad to be the headquarters of the coal sales office of Loop Creek Colliery of Page and Beards Fork, WV. H.H. Rogers was a primary owner of both the Deepwater Railway, which became the Virginian Railway in April 1907, and Loop Creek Colliery so the connection is obvious. In 1910 a devastating fire consumed nearly all of downtown Beckley, save the stone, four story Deepwater Building. In 1912 the Virginian Railway sold the structure to a partnership of two Beckley men, a lawyer and a doctor, who rented out the unused professional space to others, including the American Red Cross and the Citizens Bank of Beckley. In 1919 a fire destroyed some of the interior of the structure. In 1920, the partnership in turn sold the building to the United Mine Workers Union to serve at headquarters of Distract 29. In the building's second century of life, it offers residential apartments. </span></div>
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Mullens, WV - Milepost 376.7</h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Standing just east of the intersection of Moran Avenue and Pineville Road in downtown Mullens is this brick VGN structure. It's build date is unclear except that it was built soon after the fire of 1917 in which the VGN Mullens station and two blocks of downtown buildings were destroyed. Built adjacent to the site of the destroyed station building, this brick building served as a baggage storage building. The town had a very brisk passenger service with six trains a day stopping for a while. When Centralized Traffic Control came to this part of the Virginian after World War II, the dispatcher's office was housed here, controlling trains between Princeton and DB Tower, a distance of 95 miles.</span> </div>
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Slab Fork - Milepost 387.9</h2>
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Oak Hill Station - Milepost 419.3</h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Virginian Oak Hill Station does not resemble other Virginian structures for a very good reason. It was built in 1903 by the White Oak Railway, the railroad facility of owner White Oak Coal Company and the Virginian may not have even been an idea in 1903. Virginian leased the station in 1912 and ultimately purchased it 1922. After the VGN/N&W merger of 1959, N&W continued to use the facility until closure in 1983. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was donated to the City of Oak Hill by Norfolk Southern in 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Deepwater Building, Beckley, WV</h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Deepwater Building, standing in historic downtown Beckley, West
Virginia at 128 S. Heber Street, was built circa 1904 by the Deepwater Railroad
to be the headquarters of the coal sales office of Loup Creek Colliery of Page
and Beards Fork, WV. H. H. Rogers was a primary owner of both the Deepwater
Railway, which became the Virginian Railway in April 1907, and Loup Creek
Colliery, so the connection is obvious. In 1910 a devastating fire consumed
nearly all of downtown Beckley, including thirty businesses, save for the stone, four story Deepwater Building. Later in that same year the Virginian Railway sold the structure to a partnership of two Beckley
men, a lawyer and a doctor, who rented out the unused profession space to
others, including the American Red Cross and the Citizens Bank of Beckley. In
1919 a fire destroyed some of the interior of the structure. In 1920, the
partnership in turn sold the building to the United Mine Workers Union to serve
at headquarters of Distract 29. In the building's second century of life, it offers residential apartments. </span></div>
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Page - Kincaid - Milepost 426.8</h2>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This 1906 view shows much of Page under construction. At the top, the station is being built and in the upper left, the branch to a coal mine is being graded. Greg Elam Collection</span></div>
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whose idea it was to buy a logging railroad and extend it south from the Kanawha River to untapped
coal deposits. He convinced H.H. Rogers of the validity of his idea and thus,
the two men began what would become the Virginian Railway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C.H. Slayton, Jr, in his book “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Virginian Railway Early Years,</i>” states
that Page was the operating headquarters for the Deepwater Railroad, 1905-1906.
Page was also the headquarters of the Loup Creek Colliery Company which built a
company store and a library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Page was a
medium sized marshalling yard located just 8.2 miles from the very end of the
railroad at DB tower. There was a wooden three track engine house with a back
shop attached on the compass west side. When Princeton received a new 120 foot
long turntable in 1919, the old 100 footer was strengthened and moved to Page.
In 1939, it was removed and replaced by a wye on which locomotives would be
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at Page had ceased and the countryside began to revert back to nature. However,
there was still coal to be mined and in 2007 Frazier Mining Company constructed
a flood loading facility, using a system of conveyors to bring in coal from two
sources; a mountain top strip mine as well as from a deep mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By flood loading, entire trains of empty
hoppers are loaded while passing under the loader at a slow speed.</span></span></span></div>
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Deepwater Area - Milepost 434</h2>
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