Directions on the Tug Fork Branch

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My 1942 Pokey Timetable No. 27  shows mixed train #312 going eastward from Devon to Grundy, and #311 going westward from Grundy to Devon. They’re also still shown the same way on Timetable #8 of 1954.

That’s the extent of my hard knowledge about it.

EdK

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Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 4:04 PM
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Subject: Re: Directions on the Tug Fork Branch

"Relative to the most recent discussions all moves on the N&W were either eastbound or westbound, no northbound or southbound."

Well, knock me down and call me Shorty! And for forty years I thought that I was going north to Shenandoah and south to Roanoke, south to Winston-Salem and back north to Roanoke!
Who told you that?

I think you will find in the timetables that NORTHBOUND/Eastbound trains were even numbers while SOUTHBOUND/Westbound trains were odd numbers. Also, signals were numbered the same way. When engineers blew in the flagman, when blowing in from the north or east - 5 longs, when blowing in from the south or west - 4 longs.

Jimmy Lisle



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