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Jim

On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 3:18 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Chris,
> Thanks very much for your reply.  After doing some research on the web for
> Powhatan, I came across the attached PC that would tend to confirm your
> call.
> Now can anyone tell me where the company store was located relative to
> today's landmarks?  My guess is that it would have been close to the point
> that Google Maps
> places to show Powhatan just as the line comes out of the curve where the
> tipple used to be.  I would appreciate any info that would locate it more
> exactly, perhaps with
> proximity to Tavern Street?
> Thanks again,
> Jim Cochran
>
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 7:08 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>> I’m pretty sure that this is Powhatan probably between MP N383 and N384.
>> The video this is from is one of my favorites with the good run by’s of
>> eastbound
>> coal climbing the Elkhorn grade.  When I was working as a dispatcher on
>> the “Pokey” if a train was going to stall, a good percentage of the time it
>> would be near Powhatan.  Usually, if the train couldn’t stay 9 mph or above
>> through Powhatan, the crew would either stall or need to stop to cool
>> traction motors.  The “spike” in the grade at Huger was a pretty reliable
>> predictor for the climb up Elkhorn.  Precluding any locomotive failures,
>> minimum train speed over Huger with 6 to 7 mph subtracted would amount to
>> minimum speed between Powhatan and Elkhorn Tunnel.
>>
>> Thank Ya’n Out,
>> Chris Dalton
>> Bluefield. WV
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Mar 5, 2023, at 7:18 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > 
>> > Can anyone help ID the location of the attached photo?  I'm pretty sure
>> it is on the Pokey between Bluefield and Welch, but don't know the exact
>> location.  Hopefully the interesting facade of the building next to the
>> tracks (company store?) might help someone place the scene.
>> > Thanks,
>> > Jim Cochran
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