North Fork tank

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Jim,

Sorry I'm late. As Alex and Ken wrote, there was a 100k tank on the side 
of Toney Hill and two standpipes near the station that could accommodate 
engines on both mains and the North Fork Branch/Byrd Yard lead. Pushers 
and helpers returning to Eckman could take water here if Eckman Yard was 
congested. The North Fork passenger job would lay over in Byrd Yard 
during the day and boarded passengers on the yard lead just east of the 
standpipe--it and the North Fork mine run could both take water here 
between runs up the branch. The night job could take water here while 
delivering Keystone (empties from Byrd Yard as in the slide), while 
working Algoma, or while working the various packing houses nearby. In 
the slide, the 2100 with the cab on the pilot is likely the North Fork 
mine run (V1) out of Bluefield. I suspect smaller tanks located on the 
top of Toney Hill were for the local water utility.

Grant Carpenter

On 8/4/2018 12:19 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
> As an addendum, later period photographs show a standpipe in Byrd Yard 
> near the passenger depot. Alex Schust
>
> *From:*NW-Mailing-List [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *NW Mailing List
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 04, 2018 8:27 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: tank
>
> Jim
>
> I would suspect this is a railroad tank. >From what I can see in the 
> scan, it appears to be a standard design for a N&W 100,000 gallon 
> steel tank as per standard L-283, introduced March 5, 1924.
>
> I don’t have handy my later list of water facilities at the moment. 
> There is a 50,000 gallon tank listed for North Fork in the 1915 list.
>
> I suspect it fed water column(s) rather than a direct spout due to 
> spacing conditions on the ground. I have not checked
>
> Ken Miller
>
> Moderator:
>
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=13303
>
> > On Aug 3, 2018, at 6:59 PM, NW Mailing List 
> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
> >
> > There is a slide currently on Ebay showing what I believe to the the 
> West end of Byrd yard in Northfork in Oct. 58.
> >
> > 
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Slide-N-W-Norfolk-Western-Steam-Caboose-518037-Northfork-WV-1958/352407563723?hash=item520d20adcb%3Ag%3AK9oAAOSwM5RbTfeH&_sop=1&_pgn=3&_nkw=%28norfolk+western%29+-n.w.t+-n.w.a+-jeans+-tag+-tags+-shorts+-cert+-arrowheads+-dell+-coa+-wheels+-women&rt=nc
> >
> > Centered in the shot is a black water tank.  I would assume that 
> this tank was for the town water supply and not associated with the 
> railroad.
> > Can anyone verify this/add any additional information?
> > Thanks,
> > Jim Cochran
>

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