"Takin' Twenty" with the Virginian Brethren by Skip Salmon

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Hey Jim,  the scrap yard is now OmniSource -- I go there often but the loop track ts long gone except the beginning and end of it.  The Y-6s used it as well as the lubritorum and pit near the "roundhouse" as John Wofford called it when answering the phone.  I've been told there was a small turntable there in pre-mallet days, more info from Jeff Miller.  Ron Hash 


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The problem with the Js on the Eisenhower Special came atNorth Winston.   There's no turntable or wye for turning locomotives,but power made a 180 on a loop track with a very tight radius. EachJ had to be hauled pulled through the loop by a yard engine andthe rail had to be greased to avoid derailing.    Harry Bundy 

Harry,
You are correct there was no turntable or wye at N&W(now NS) North Winston yard just the loop track where Atlantic Scrap in now located, I have been told, everything is under scrap.  
However,  I am not sure the arrangement during passenger service but Southern had a turntable at Salem yard where NS now has Bulk transfer just east of Winston Salem State.  Also, there is a wye on the Southern just south of North Winston yard between Southern's K and L lines.  The wye is still there, the L line is out of service just past the Cherry Street bridge.
Makes me wonder if there was no arrangement between the two carriers for usage of these.  N&W used Southern's passenger station just east of the Winston Salem Southbound Junction which came off the N&W.
James Wall Rural Hall, NC
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