Clinch Valley District

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In a message dated 3/3/2008 10:33:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

4. A copy I have of a N&W 1930 ETT shows only eastbound freight  traffic, why 
and what did they do about balancing motive power if everything  was going in 
one direction.



It is not that there were no eastward freight  trains,
but rather what went east as 2nd, 3rd, and 4th class
trains had gone west as extras.  Traffic control was
a long time coming to the Clinch Valley, but before  traffic
control, trains were operated by timetable and train  order.
Trains are superior by right, class, and direction.  Right 
is conferred by train order, class and direction superiority
by the timetable.   Kind of a "fail-safe" technique.  Not
showing 2nd class schedules for the westbound  traffic
puts the onus on the westbound crews not to proceed  on
the time of a  superior eastbound train, just in case the
dispatcher overlooks it.  A similar schedule arrangement 
was in place on Southern's  Birmingham Division.
 
One engineer operating of the Clinch Valley told  of picking
up orders on  the fly westbound at Bluefield, VA.  The
first order of business was to flip through half-a-dozen
(or so) orders to determine if there was a meet Furnace.  It
was only about 0.8 miles from the tower.  Contents of the
other orders could  be deciphered  later.
 
                                                     Harry Bundy   



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