Balloon Tracks at Coal Wharves ?

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On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 10:13 AM abram wrote:

> That nice photograph of a Y6 at the Farm Coal Wharf, which Herr O'Dalton
> posted, started me thinking (... bad thing.)
>
> Farm used a mechanical elevator apparatus to raise the coal into the bin.
> (I will bet everyone went into Super-Crisis Mode when the electric motor
> failed on that hoist ! )
>
> Vicker on the Radford Division, and Phoebe (?) on the Norfolk Division,
> used a "balloon track" arrangement for mid-Division coal wharf supply. (In
> both cases, the geography afforded the open spaces needed for such an
> arrangement.)
>
> So, I am wondering in how many places the N&W used a balloon track for
> feeding coal to a coal wharf?
>
> Bonus Question: Where was the mid-Division main line coaling station on
> the East End of the Norfolk Division? I have forgotten...
>

Vicker used the balloon track until the coal wharf was replaced by the
concrete coaling tower that still exists today (although stripped of all
equipment). See https://nwhistory.info/locations/Vicker/index.php

The location on the Norfolk Division was at Dwight, just east of Zuni.

Bruno in Swartzstadt (or Bruce in Blacksburg)
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