Wharncliffe

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Harry,
Thanks for all the information.  I would still be interested in knowing if
the "new signals" like I saw at Pekin and Baileysville were installed only
at control points, or if I missed some intermediates due to the lush
mountain foliage.
Jim Cochran

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:17 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
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> *Jim:*
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> *Although the line to Gilbert is*
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> *TC territory, there's one end of the*
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> *siding at Pkin that the train taking*
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> *siding got a "TS" indication --meaning*
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> *a crew member had to hand throw the*
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> *turnout to enter the siding. With new*
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> *signals in place, maybe this has been*
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> *eliminated.*
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> *Correct, the track in the center of the*
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> *east and westbound main tracks was to*
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> *set off east loads coming off the branch*
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> *and for westbounds to set off empties.*
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> *As to the length of the west leg of the*
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> *wye -- this was the only route to Gilbert*
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> *until about 1985.  Only then was an*
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> *eastward connection from the Gilbert Branch*
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> *to the main line added.  Never saw justify-*
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> *cation for this addition, but tonnage wise,*
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> *the Gilbert Branch had advantages. Ex. an*
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> *SD-60 Gilbert to Staggerweed Tunnel is rated*
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> *at 5,000 tons, but an SD-60 Elmore to Clarks*
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> *Gap is rated at 2,000 tons.  There was some*
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> *thought that eastbound coal would route via*
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> *Wharncliffe and Clarks Gap would be aban-*
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> *doned, but I don't think it's happened yet.*
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> *                             Harry Bundy             *
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