NW-Certified Car Scales

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Ken

It was still there in the early 60's when I was a working on South 
Yard.  No idea of the N&W abbreviation for that location.

In addition there was a certified scale at the yard office at the east 
end of Roanoke Shops.   When  I worked at that location it was the 
clerks job to weigh  any outbound loaded cars.  Only a few cars of scrap 
during my time.  The Yard Master was K. O. Barnett in the early 60's.  A 
fine old southern gentleman.   KO would always weigh cars for me.  It 
was a very old type scale not like the one at shaffers where cars were 
weighed in motion.  That one would automatically stamp the gross weight 
on the card and you would have to write the tare weight as it sailed 
past the window.

Jim Blackstock


On 10/29/2020 2:07 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> Also pre merger NW the one in Roanoke for the Virginian was under the Wasena Bridge on the Virginian side of the River ! Believe thre is a picture in one of Aubrey Wilkes Calendars !!But, this predates the N&W so you probably wouldn’t be interested !!!!!! just my two cents !! Kid on a hill run    Ken T
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> Take care,
> Ken Tanner
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>> I am looking to compile a list of car weighing/reweighing locations on the N&W and what those associated stencil abbreviations would be.   (As example for the Missouri Pacific lines Kingsville was KV, Alexandria was ALEX.)
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>> There is a possibility that this could result in the production of a decal sheet with these stencil abbreviations and a set of light weights.
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>> Thanks in advance for the group's input here.
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>> Here is what I have:
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>> BL N&W Bluefield WV
>> BR N&W Bristol VA
>> CL N&W Clare Yard OH Cincinnati
>> CO N&W Joyce Yard OH Columbus
>> CR N&W Crewe VA
>> DE N&W Denniston VA
>> DU N&W Durham NC
>> HA N&W Hagerstown MD
>> IA N&W Iaeger WV
>> KE N&W Kenova WV
>> LP N&W Lambert Point Yard VA Norfolk
>> LY N&W Lynchburg VA
>> NK N&W Norfolk VA
>> NO N&W Norton VA
>> PO N&W Portsmouth OH
>> PR N&W Princeton WV after 1959;previously VGN
>> RA N&W Radford VA
>> RI N&W Richlands VA
>> RO N&W Roanoke VA
>> SC N&W Shafers Crossing VA Roanoke
>> SH N&W Shenandoah VA
>> WC N&W Wilcoe Yard VA Farm
>> WI N&W Williamson WV
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>> Jim Brewer
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>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 9:37 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am looking to compile a list of car weighing/reweighing locations on the
>>> N&W and what those associated stencil abbreviations would be.   (As example
>>> for the Missouri Pacific lines Kingsville was KV, Alexandria was ALEX.)
>>>
>>>
>>> There is a possibility that this could result in the production of a decal
>>> sheet with these stencil abbreviations and a set of light weights.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for the group's input here.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Brent
>>>
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