J's coaling at Prichard WV

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Most all Westbound Pass.Trains took water at Sardinia,Ohio. There was a 
water treatment plant there and two tanks. Sardina also was where the 
Hilsboro Branch and Local East & West from there tied up over night.
                          Bob Stump



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>Subject: J's coaling at Prichard WV

>Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:40:35 -0400

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>Harry,

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>Something does not add up or I do not have all the information here.

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>If a J could make it all the way from Roanoke to Cincinnati (520 miles)

>without coal service, why would it be so difficult to run from Prichard

>to CUT and back to Prichard (320 miles)?

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>Ron Davis

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>At 06:09 PM 9/23/2006, you wrote:

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>John:

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>I can't address the water issue, but as for coal, the engine was intended

>to

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>go all the way to Cincinnati.  There, N&W paid CUT (Cincinnati

>Union Terminal)

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>to coal during the layover.  Rather than pay inflated prices to CUT,

>N&W

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>experimented with topping off at Prichard westbound, turning at

>Cincinnati without

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>coal service, and returning to Prichard to coal eastbound.  It

>involved fitting the

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>tenders of the Class Js with coal boards.

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>Former Governor Holton's brother, Van, was assigned to this trial and

>told me

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>that there were too many instances where the "J" barely made it

>back to

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>Prichard.

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>                                                   

>Harry Bundy

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