Spotting the Power Plant

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  Can you post that picture?
 
Ken Borg
 
 
 
Felix Price, who served as Assistant Power Director at the VGN Power Plant  
at Narrows, brought a great 1954 photo of an EL-3A spotting coal cars into 
the  Power Plant. He said the plant used six or seven full hoppers of coal 
each day  to keep the electrics running. He said John McKinzie of Peterstown, 
WV took the  photo and gave it to him. Felix also told the Brethren about 
setting up the  system for EL-2Bs that were using regenerative dynamic 
braking. When the  situation was not available to have them assist another coal 
train power up  Clark's Gap, the dynamic braking used the New River as a 
Dynamic Braking grid.  Felix said that sometimes after this operation, there were 
many dead fish seen  in the River and "they'd never let you do that  now!"

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