How did the railroad work Jenkin Jones

[NW Mailing List]

Tom,

 

There was no switchback to get to Jenkinjones, but there were switchbacks to get to the mines at Jenkinjones.

 

Presumably you are asking about Operation No. 7 at Jenkinjones that was located on the hillside opposite the company store. Operation No. 6 was on the same hillside as the company store. Operation No. 8 was on the Ballard-Harmon Spur. All three mines required switchbacks. The switchback for the No. 6 and No. 7 mine used the same tail track, which was 645 feet long.

 

NWHS book “Tug Fork - N&W Branch Line” has about 11 pages on Jenkinjones that includes pictures and track diagrams of the three mines.

 

Alex Schust

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: NW-Mailing-List [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] On Behalf Of NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:17 PM
To: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
Cc: NW Mailing List
Subject: How did the railroad work Jenkin Jones

 

Am I correct that there was a switchback to get to Jenkin Jones?  Is there a detailed description of how the N&W operated there?  How many cars would fit on the switchback lead?  Lastly where was the tipple in relation to the company store?  I’ve see pictures with a track on the left (up hill) side of the building. 

 

Thanks in advance.  

 

Tom Lewis

________________________________________

NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org

To change your subscription go to

http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list

Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at

http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20210419/3742debe/attachment.htm>