A Bad Hair Day Rex _Sheridan

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Oakie

    REX was your standard N&W center passing siding  just like Cyrus,Neal 
,Union or Gennetts
used for passing trains. and was operated from KX tower at Kenova  9560ft in 
length east switch
was located about 2000 ft  west of the Rt 52 (Now old 52) crossing at South 
Point. I have checked
some timetables that I have. It was still their in 1961 but gone by 1968. 
Someone else might narrow
it down a little closer. Also their was a crossover for a while at the west 
end after the siding was removed
Westbound 1 to 2 maim. This was maintained in addition to the double 
crossover at South Point but
I don't know for what reason . You can see were it was located from any of 
the aerial photo severs on the internet.


Larry Evans
Kenova, WV

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> Gary,

>

> I don't think that US 52 relocation was near REX. In fact US 52 moved 3/4 

> mile north of the old routing and made the South Point crossing a local 

> street crossing. The R 0f W changes were 3 miles west of the crossovers 

> and in a location near the Ashland - Coal Grove bridge and known as the 

> "the Narrows" where you can see the still standing rock "sculpture" that 

> gives us the double S curve east of the bridge that has always brought 

> questions as to why did they leave such a spot in the line of such heavy 

> tonnage. When the NS set the line east of the rock closer to the hwy 10 

> years ago, because of slippage into the river being nonstop, it seemed to 

> a civilian that was the time to take out the rock and the double curve.

>

> I hadn't heard the word REX in 35 years. And I don't recall every seeing 

> the third track. And I have a question as to what was its purpose ?

>

> Oakie G. Ford.

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>> And stuff would have changed when the US 52 relocation construction was 

>> done as well to remove the crossing altogether.  The N&W RoW was altered

>> significantly in spots when US 52 moved.  Gary Rolih Cincinnati

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>> Ed

>>    I don,t know when the double crossover was install at South Point. But

>> my thinking is the Rt 52 crossing and the REX siding probably did not

>> work to good together. Just my thought.

>>

>>

>> Larry Evans

>> Kenova, WV

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