Elmore Yard & P-D District Closing

Wed Sep 23 19:31:29 EDT 2015

And... My question is how long before NS increases the cost of service 
to those customers to the point they can co longer afford said service 
effectively eliminating the need to keep and maintain the portion of the 
line from KV to Princeton?

Nathan

On 9/23/2015 15:01, NW Mailing List wrote:
> I read the same thing after what I wrote below. Princeton to KV 
> Junction will become an access line to Princeton but not for coal 
> traffic as before.
> Bud Jeffries
> *From:* NW Mailing List <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2015 1:42 PM
> *To:* NW Mailing List <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Elmore Yard & P-D District Closing
> I did read that a NS spokeswoman said the customer in Princeton will 
> continue to receive rail service via the P-D District mainline between 
> Princeton and Kelleysville.
> Jeff Hawkins
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> *Sent: *Tuesday, September 22, 2015 10:26:09 PM
> *Subject: *Re: Elmore Yard & P-D District Closing
> The term KV Junction now makes sense to me. Regardless of your 
> political persuasions, this is a result of a cause and effect.  And 
> regardless of the cause, the effect is the same -- old Virginian line 
> between Elmore and Kellysville will be taken out of service and a new 
> era begins.
> Times are a-changing and regrettably so.
> Bud Jeffries
> *From:* NW Mailing List <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 22, 2015 2:37 PM
> *To:* NW Mailing List <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Elmore Yard & P-D District Closing
> Correction.....its Kellysville,WV or as the junction is officially 
> called by NS, KV Jct.
> Ed Painter;  Narrows, VA ( we lived in Glen Lyn for 7 years, 1955 
> through 1961, prior to moving to Narrows) currently living in North 
> Georgia
> On Sep 22, 2015, at 1:21 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org 
> <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>
>     Princeton-Deepwater, connects to the N&W mainline between
>     Bluefield and Roanoke at Kely View, Va, just west of the AEP plant
>     at Glen Lyn, VA.
>     Regards
>     Russ Goodwin
>     Buford, GA
>     Happy Connecting. Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 5
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>     From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
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>     Date: 22/09/2015 13:19 (GMT-05:00)
>     To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
>     <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>>
>     Subject: Re: Elmore Yard & P-D District Closing
>     What does “P-D “ stand for? On the old N&W, PD meant “Pulaski
>     District”.  Where is “P-D Junction located; Kellysville or ???
>     Bud Jeffries
>     *From:* NW Mailing List <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:08 AM
>     *To:* NW Mailing List <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>     *Subject:* Re: Elmore Yard & P-D District Closing
>     I'm not sure the EPA Is the prime reason for the decline in coal
>     use. The increased availability of cheap natural gas is the reason
>     many utilities have stopped burning coal. And I'm not sure the
>     decline in coal use is the prime reason for downgrading the P-D
>     district. Apparently NS figures it is cheaper to route traffic to
>     Wharncliffe than to maintain traffic on the P-D district.
>
>     Jim Nichols
>     On Monday, September 21, 2015 1:29 PM, NW Mailing List
>     <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>     Another success story from EPA overreach and the War on Coal.
>     Ed Painter, Narrows, VA living in North Georgia
>     On Sep 19, 2015, at 2:40 PM, NW Mailing List
>     <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>
>         All -
>         I have not seen this mentioned on this group yet, so I'll pass
>         along what I've been told by multiple sources. Elmore Yard
>         will be closing October 1 and the NS P-D District will no
>         longer be utilized between Elmore and P-D Junction. All
>         traffic will be routed over the NS Guyandotte River Branch to
>         the Pokey main at Wharncliffe. That means nearly 50 miles of
>         the old VGN mainline will fall silent. Whether this is
>         temporary or permanent, I do not know. Time will tell but it
>         doesn't sound good given the current climate of the coal
>         industry. Again, just passing along what I'm being told.
>         Jeff Hawkins
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