Big Sandy & Cumberland RR

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MessageThe Richard Prince book mentions that the BS&C was owned by the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company.  Although all of the photos I have seen of BS&C engines have them lettered for the railroad, I was wondering what the possibility was of some of them being lettered for W. M. Ritter, like some of the recent Bachmann Spectrum Shays and Climaxes?
Marty Flick

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  There is also a short history of the BS&C and some good photos in American Narrow Gauge Railroads by George W. Hilton.

  Paul Mandelkern
  Winter Park, FL
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    Hi Don, Good choice!  You have managed to pick one of the most obscure topics of N&W history, and my favorite :).  I, too, model the BS&C - in G scale - in my back yard.

    My sources for BS&C information are Richard Prince's book, Norfolk and Western Pocahontas Coal Carrier, and a web site of Buchanon County History, http://www.bcplnet.org/History/Railroad.htm.  

    Mr. Prince's book has 8 pages of pictures and information on the BS&C (pages 70-71, 338-343).

    The VPI image collection also has some BS&C pictures. Here it Shay #7: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns1231.jpeg

    (BTW - the link form the N&WHS web page to the VPI image collection needs to be updated.  It didn't work for me tonight.)



    Anybody else out there have some good information on the Big Sandy & Cumberland?



    Jerry Kay, Portsmouth, Virginia



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      I'm very interested in any information or references concerning this 42 inch narrow gauge road - before, during and after N&W acquisition, operation and standard gauging.
      Any help would be greatly apreciated.

      THNX,
      Don Munsey, Jr
      Sn42 logging fan and VGN Rwy fan living int eh UpperRightCorner of Louisiana.



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