Clift Yard - Bluestone Branch?

Fri Sep 25 08:12:04 EDT 2020

Electrification was started in Clift Yard in 1925.

NWHS Branch Line Book “Bluestone” has about three pages on Clift Yard.

Alex Schust

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Tom, I believe electrification was extended to Clift Yard in 1925. In this photo all yard tracks look like they have wire which might have been completed in 1926. Others please confirm these dates. But I agree, without the electrification this scene looks like the mid-teens.    John Garner

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I would have thought earlier than 1928  Wouldn’t there be Y3 or Zs working such a productive branch by then? I count 4 maybe 5 small engines plus the passenger train. (Mind you I’m looking at it on a phone). I wonder if this is right after electrification 1915/16 ish?

I found the picture on Roanoke public libraries. (HNWR140). It gives it an even later date of 1937. 

Tom Lewis

On Sep 24, 2020, at 2:42 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Based on information I have seen it appears that the picture was made circa 1928.

W.E.Honeycutt

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On Sep 24, 2020, at 10:00 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Wow. What a great picture!

Is it possible to purchase a high resolution print?

What year do we think this is?

Are those Ms or W class engines in the foreground?

What series coal hoppers are we seeing in the foreground?  

I’ve always wanted to build a model railroad that represents this era. 

Thanks in advance. 

Tom Lewis

On Sep 24, 2020, at 7:45 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Here’s a nice early image from the digital collection at Roanoke Public Libraries. Lots to look at. There is catenary. Is this Clift Yard? Other guesses?

John Garner

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