Bluefield hump

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 There was no "hump" in the Bluefield yard. The high point was in the "middle" yard, a little east of the Mercer Street bridge. Bluefield had the reputation of "natural gravity yards in both directions." Coal loads used riders to brake them as they ran downhill from the scale house into the east yard where they were made up into trains.
Jim Nichols
    On Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 03:03:33 PM CST, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
 Jim,I believe the photo in question was taken at the west end of the yard and much lower than up top. The Hump was located on the eastern side of the hill.
Jimmy Lisle


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-------- Original message --------From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> Date: 1/14/25 1:28 PM (GMT-05:00) To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> Subject: Re: Bluefield hump 
Chris,Thanks for your reply.  Would this be the highest point in the yard?Jim C.
On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Jim,I’m pretty sure this was taken from the north end of the US Route 52 bridge or the adjacent Bluefield State College parking lot looking eastward.  The building on the opposite side of the tracks with the car shed should be Bailey Lumber Company.  In today’s NS operations, this is where pushers stop after cutting off an eastbound to either get a relief crew or get instructions from the Dispatcher.Cheers,Chris Dalton Bluefield, WVSent from my iPhone

On Jan 14, 2025, at 7:08 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:



Saw this photo of Facebook and noticed what I believe is a "hump" signal on the left:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=584142667706282&set=a.119316684188885
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