N&W in Cincinnati

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N&W acquired a route from Clare Yard in Cincinnati to New Castle, Indiana, 
on April 1, 1976, in connection with the formation of Conrail.  Using the 
former NKP line from New Castle to Muncie thus provided N&W with a through 
route from Cincinnati to Muncie.

Louis Newton

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> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:42:00 -0500 (CDT)

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> Subject: Re: VGN in 1912--Injury

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> Sinking creek starts in Craig County before entering Giles county.  I 

> actually had one of my students in Earth Science point this out to me,

> one of the few things he was interested in.

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> Kurt S. Kramke

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> On 06/21/12, NW Mailing List wrote:

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> Bluefield Daily Telegraph

> Fri., May 17,

> 1912

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> PRINCETON DAY BY DAY

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> Brakeman Nickle Injured

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> On Wednesday evening at Sinking Creek in Giles county, T. J.

> Nickle, a brakeman, while on an engine on the Virginian railway,

> slipped and fell, falling a distance of forty feet and suffering internal

> injuries. He was brought to the Princeton Hospital Wednesday night and

> will undergo a surgical operation. At the time of the accident, the engine

> was standing on a bridge, Nickle falling from the engine under the bridge.

> Strange to say there were no bones broken nor any outward wounds other 

> than a

> few small bruises.

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> [Topo maps show Sinking Creek flowing east to west in Giles

> County, and true to its name sinks in the porous limestone near New

> River. These maps show the mouth of Sinking Creek (or at least its

> dry creek bed) located a mile or two west of Eggleston on New

> River.]

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> Gordon

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> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:33:44 -0400 (EDT)

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> I've been wondering, did the N&W have trackage rights on the Pennsy line

> o Muncie prior to when it took it over at the start of Conrail?  If so,

> hen did it start?  Was it prior to the 1964 merger?

> Without that access, their only connection to the former NKP (and,

> ence, Wabash) would have been via the Sandusky line that they got as

> art of the 1964 merger, right?

> Muncie Div. Timetable No. 6 (eff. 04/01/1976) indicates N&W

> used Conrail Claire to Valley (but under supervision of N&W's

> Asst. Terminal Supt.), B&O Old River Jct. to New River Jct. and

> Conrail Glen to Newman.  Had thought this acquisition didn't take

> place until 1978, but the timetable is the authority.

> Correct! N&W's sole connection to the NKP had been via the Sandusky

> line and even after a direct connection to Muncie via Cinci, N&W

> continued moving traffic, especially Chicago coal trains,

> through the "new connection" at Bellevue. The Bellevue route had

> better tonnage ratings.                     Harry Bundy

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