Coal shifters on Pocahontas District

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There were probably five shifters on the Tug Fork Branch out of Wilcoe.  When I got there in 1962 the First Tug Fork Mine Run (4:30AM) went up the Sand Lick Branch to Filbert (USSteel mine #9).  The Second (6:30AM) went to Munson up the South ForkBranch (US#4, I recall).  The Third (7:30AM) went to Jenkinjones, the end of the Main Line of the Tug Fork Branch (no US mines).  The Fourth was an afternoon job that worked down to the main line and served mines west of Welch.  The Fifth was the night job (7:39PM) that went to Munson.  All these jobs except the Third worked USSteel’s cleaning plant at Gary.  These five jobs used just three sets of power, two units apiece.

BTW – Raitt has two “t”s.

Ed King

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Subject: Coal shifters on Pocahontas District

For the time period around 1955, Louis Newton lists these coal shifters for which I can find no further info:


     Out of Wilcoe (Welch)    on main line, one shifter east, one shifter west 


     Out of Auville (Yaeger)   on main line, one shifter east, one shifter west


     Out of Williamson           five shifters, one on Buchanan Branch to Rait, the others on main line and branches as far east as Gilbert


      Out of Weller                 four shifters east on Buchanan Branch and Dismal Creek Branch


                                            one shifter on Levisa Branch


                                            one shifter to top of hill at Rait to serve mines in that territory


Can anyone tell me the names, calling times and limit for any of these? 



Were there also one or two turns to take coal loads out of Weller to top of hill at Rait?




Thank you!




Glenn Fisher




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