Photo locations

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Jim,

The third photo is the supply house next to the west end of the Eckman 
roundhouse. The girder structure is a transfer gantry that spans the 
platform and both tracks and doubles as a lift to repair "shop" cars on 
the near "shop" track. I suspect that is an anvil and an acetylene tank 
along with the wheel sets. This capability would have been consolidated 
at Kimball Yard when Eckman closed.

Speaking of which, Eckman closed not long after the electrification was 
scrapped. The catenary is down and towers gone, but in addition to the 
presence of 2004, note the boxcar on the house track (unless the boxcar 
was being loaded). The 2004 was regular power on the Vivian Yard Goat, a 
daylight job out of Eckman that worked tipples from Landgraff to Kimball 
and up Carswell Hollow. When Eckman closed, the job was moved to 
Bluefield and was called Third Vivian (V3).

Nice find, Jim.

The first photo appears to be #26 with an M1 and an Approach Diverging 
to take the Tug Fork EB main past Tug Tower, then the Welch Loop for a 
station stop downtown. The Powhatan Arrows would meet here, depending on 
the schedule, station and Farm coaling stop (note the topped up bunker).

The station name is Hemphill, but the "working" location name depended 
on which main and the adjoining spur. Hemphill was on the EB main and 
was the name of the spur to the right. It served some tipples into the 
forties and was used by EB freights to set off for the Farm and River 
Locals, who then used the two-track spur to set their cars up for 
delivery in Welch.

Slick Rock was on the WB main and spur, formerly for a loadout of the 
same name, later an APCO pole yard and a bakery. Both spurs followed the 
original main line alignment.

Another nice find, Jim.

Grant Carpenter

On 7/31/2016 8:38 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Jim -
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> The second photo shows a westbound at Forest, VA.
>
> Jeff Hawkins
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> *Subject: *Photo locations
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> I have attached 3 pictures that I am hoping to get help in determining 
> locations for.  The first has the "feel" of the Pokey to me and I am 
> speculating that it may be West of Welch somewhere.  The second 
> appears to show a work train on a fairly long tangent passing several 
> RR structures.  The signal bridge looks a bit unusual compared to 
> others I have seen in photos and what is that block building in the 
> left foreground?  The third looks like a yard scene with maybe the end 
> of a roundhouse showing at the far right, but what is that girder 
> structure that the 2004 is under and does it have anything to do with 
> the rails perpendicular to the track with the wheelsets sitting on 
> them?  With the creek in the foreground, my wild guess is this might 
> be Eckman.  Any information will be greatly appreciated.Jim Cochran
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