Ball's Hole Revisited

[NW Mailing List]

On 3/7/2021 1:59 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> /Jimmy, Those are interesting track charts with a bit of extra, 
> non-traditional info included. Where’d you get them? Would take me a 
> little getting used to because the East/West directions seems 
> backwards. Thanks for sharing.  So what do you have to do to 
> successfully handle a heavy train through a ‘hole’?  Any enlightenment 
> would be welcome.    John Garner/
John,
     What can I say? East is on the left and West is on the right. This 
is a standard NS track chart. As for handling a train through a hole, it 
all depends on the terrain. How long, deep, and what is on the other 
side all determine what you need to do. Train length, tonnage and makeup 
also are big factors on what to do. We had a lot of up & downs on the 
Valley, so, I can't explain each and every example. As I said before, 
the Radford Div. is not my baliwick, so, I cannot comment on how the men 
over there ran their trains.

Jimmy Lisle

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