Spotting the Power Plant

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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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