re Meanwhile back on the Peavine. . . (NW Mailing List)

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On Oct 30, 2013, at 8:32 AM, nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org wrote:


>   3. Meanwhile back on the Peavine. . . (NW Mailing List)


Not sure your descriptions lined up with the photos as I clicked  
them.  There is one shot
showing the signals and a siding, which is EAST of Sardinia, and the  
main passing siding there.
At the other end of that siding is where they had the fateful wreck in  
April 1958.

There is a shot you have west of Sardinia with a signal facing each  
way, and you can see around the
curve a little road crossing.  That is called Sardinia Holdout.

I had no idea some of these signals had been taken down, or that they  
had started to put the new signals in place.
Last time I chased a train on this line was 2003!!!  I hear they have  
stopped running past East Batavia, but are serving
that new company that took over the Ford Plant property.  With no  
crossing at Clough Road(Pike) anymore, I never hear
a horn much to know when something is running.  When the leaves are  
down I can see across the valley on part of Batavia
Hill. A couple of months ago I heard a horn for Summit Road Crossing,  
and I assume it was Eastbound but they don't make much
noise either direction with the restricted speeds these days.  In our  
area(Batavia), all the signals are still covered with those Canvas
Bags.

Regarding the Powhatan Place Sign In Mt. Orab, I may have had a hand  
in that a few years back.  I used to work out with a guy who
was a trustee for Mt. Orab, and he knew I was into trains.  He asked  
me what would be a good historic name for the industrial road there,
and I mentioned the Powhatan Arrow name.   That location is where  
Ortner Car Company used to be, which was later Trinity Car.  They
made a lot of hopper cars and once in awhile the local L-51 would drag  
them all to Sardinia and leave them for when they went back west.
I shot that a couple of times on video, and its in one of our Peavine  
videos.....back in the good old days!!!

Ed was right about Irvington HIll, the steepest westbound climb on the  
line from Lawshe to Seaman.

Greg Scholl
http://www.gregschollvideo.com

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