Reefer icing operations

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The link from VA Tech may not yield the results I found; search for Icing
stations and it should display 10 photos.

Jim Brewer

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 7:05 AM, James Brewer <jim.brewer.3611 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Brent,
>
> According to my copy of "List No. 68, Officers, Agents and Stations,"
> issued October 1. 1952, N&W had "regular" icing stations at the following
> locations:
>
> Bluefield, WV - reicing application: Only for shipments moving to or from
> connections at Norton, VA or St. Paul, VA, and other traffic originating at
> points west of Roanoke, VA, or moving eastward to points west of Roanoke,
> VA.
>
> Bristol, VA
>
> Clare, OH  - Reicing application: Oly for traffic moving eastbound.
>
> Columbus, OH
>
> Hagerstown, MD
>
> Norfolk, VA - Reicing application: Shipments originating at Norfolk.
> Through shipments delivered connections at Norfolk
>
> Portsmouth, OH
>
> Roanoke, VA
>
> The following icing stations are listed as "emergency:"
>
> Clare, OH - only for delayed westbound traffic or shipments originating
> west of Portsmouth, OH
>
> Durham, NC
>
> Petersburg, VA
>
> Winston-Salem, NC
>
> A search of the VA Tech image base revealed the following:
>
> https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/search.php
>
> Interestingly there is a photo of the platform at Crewe, VA, but it must
> have been out of service by 1952.
>
> Here is what the NWHS Archives lists in its collection:
>
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/selectdocs.php?index=s&id=49
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Happy modeling.
>
> Jim Brewer
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 7:27 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
> > wrote:
>
>> I am just beginning to learn about refrigerator and ventilator car
>> operations, so please forgive if these questions seem rather elementary.
>> How many icing locations were there on the N&W? Where were they located?
>> Were some larger/smaller than others?
>>
>> Thanks as always,
>> Brent
>>
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