Bluefield

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Celco, loosely speaking,or at least the location of the scales and water
spray tower is on the eastern side (Virginian side) of the New River at
Narrows, VA.   Technically speaking Celco is at the Celanese Plant located
on the Virginian side of the New River between Narrows and Pearisburg, VA.
Flat Top...or Yards, VA is located on the N&W between Falls Mill, VA
and Nemours, WV.  It (Flat Top, VA) is shown as Yards on Google Maps.  The
VA-WV line cuts across the railroad in the middle of the railroad yard.

Ed Painter;  Narrows, VA living in Cohutta, GA

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:26 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> Thanks for the reply, Harry.
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> Carl Woods
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> Carl Woods-
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> I can't say I know all the answers, but Bluefield seems to have been
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> to a crew-change point.  It seems that coal traffic has impacted Bluefield
> yard more
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> than merchandise traffic.  Twenty-five years ago (or so), some coal was
> scaled at Bluefield,
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> but with the weigh-in motion scale (known as the "weigh and spray" by
> railroaders)
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> near Celco, there's no reason to scale at Bluefield anymore,  Doubling
> over and testing
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> air at East Yard was a time-consuming operation, but now coal trains stop
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> off and/or pick-up coal, and are pushed to Bluefield to change crews.
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> Clinch Valley is diverted at Cedar Bluff to operate via  Iaeger  then
> to Flat Top.
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> Harry Bundy
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