Tank location

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Hello,
   Thete is apparently still what is left of a Water Tank in the vicinity
of the remains of the Roundhouse in Bristol. I've attached a aerial shot in
this email. I enjoy the emails,thanks,
   Matthew in the Bluegrass State.

Moderator:
 http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2016/20160614.Bristol_roundhouse_screenshot.jpg

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From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Date: 06/13/2016 2:13 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: Re: Tank location

Mike -

Vance was just west of that new electronics plant a couple of miles below
the Weaver Pike underpass.  It was about at the foot of the hump between
there and Bluff City.

Southern steam engines were serviced at the N&W roundhouse.  There was a
water tank west of the roundhouse used for both roads.  Southern
locomotives could be seen in the roundhouse next to N&W locomotives.

It was a busy place during WWII.  Southern 2-10-2s were rated at 1600 tons
west of Bristol while N&W Y-6s were rated at 3100 east.

EdKing

*From:* NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
*Sent:* Monday, June 13, 2016 10:21 AM
*To:* NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
*Subject:* Re: Tank location

Ed,

Appreciate your response. Which leads to two additional questions: Where
was Vance Siding? And, did the post-war SR steam locomotives take on water
at the NW tank or had Southern into Bristol gone totally diesel by then?

Mike

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On Jun 12, 2016, at 8:14 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

Mike -

As far as I know, the name Vance’s Tank was an old name; there may have
been a tank there at one time but there was none in the post war era.

The siding’s official name was “Vance”.

EdK

*From:* NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
*Sent:* Sunday, June 12, 2016 9:46 AM
*To:* NW Mailing List <NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org>
*Subject:* Tank location

Question to Ed King: Where on Vance Tank Road was the water tank located in
Bristol, TN? The Bristol, Virginia tank I am familiar with as it still
exists near the roundhouse segment.

Thanks,

Mike Pierry, Jr.
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