Walton Tower area

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A minor point and Ed King and other old hands please correct me if I'm
wrong.....but I never recall the term Helper used by N&W men?  Relating to
the N&W whether on Christiansburg Mountain or over Flat Top Mountain up to
Bluefield "Pusher: not "Helper" was the term used.

Ed Painter - Member #70, from Narrows, VA living in Cohutta, GA

On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 12:01 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> Was the return of this pusher to Walton perhaps the main reason for the
> third track between Walton and Christiansburg?
>
> Concerning the helper siding and referencing The ARROW, Vol 34, No 1:
> On page 29 - It looks like the track nearest to BH tower is the helper
> siding. Correct?
> On page 28 - Are the diesels sitting on that siding? What are the small
> buildings between the tower and the diesels?
>
> Thank you,
> Dave Willis
> blt 1962, c/n 4
>
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> In the Volume 34, No 1 (Jan-Feb-Mar 2018) issue of The Arrow are a couple
> nice features on the Walton Tower (BH) area which makes mention of a helper
> siding, but no supporting information.
> Where was the helper siding located?  *The pusher siding was next to the
> tower on the Bristol Line side; its east switch was a smidgen east of the
> tower and its west switch came into the Bristol Line side of the wye track.*
> Can someone provide a track layout sketch of the BH tower area?*  The
> diagram of the CTC board in the ARROW works well.*
> Of the three routes around the tower (Radford, Bluefield, Christiansburg)
> which were serviced by the pushers?  *The pushers shoved tonnage trains
> from Pepper (usually, but I have seen pushers get behind trains east of the
> crossovers) to Christiansburg.*
> What class of steam power was usually situated there?  *In later years
> 2100-series engines served as pushers.*
> In what direction was the helper employed?  *East*
> Was it used only for coal trains or did it include merchandise freights
> too?  *If they were over tonnage, yes.  Usually a 92 would be filled out
> with coal loads to double tonnage.*
>
> *Ed King*
>
> Thank you,
> Dave Willis
> blt 1962, c/n 4
>
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