More Virginian questions

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To all,

With great sorrow I must tell you that we have lost another of the Virginian Brethren, Robert Ersel Glass, VGN Clert aka "Little Abner".  He took his last "west bound" last Sunday just shy of his 94th birthday.  As I write this I am confident that Abner would be able to answer a lot of these coal questions.  He worked at the piers and in told many stories of "taking care" of the incoming ship captains.  

Skip Salmon

> On August 21, 2021 at 10:11 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>     I have always assumed that in the early 1950s all coal on the VGN was weighed and classified on the hump at Elmore Yard.  Now I am not sure.
>      
>     What about the coal mined on the eastern end of the Guyandotte Branch and branches and headed for the N&W and C&O at Gilbert?  Was it taken to Elmore where it would be classified and weighed, and then sent back to Gilbert to the N&W and C&O?
>      
>     The same for the coal mined around Page destined for the C&O and NYC at Deepwater.  Did it have to go to Elmore first before being delivered to Deepwater?
>      
>     Mentioned has also been made about coal being weighed at Roanoke.  What coal was that?  Why wasn't it handled at Elmore?  Was any coal weighed at Princeton?
>      
>     Unlike the N&W at Lamberts Point, I am pretty sure that no coal was weighed at Sewalls Point.
>      
>     These questions are "weighing" heavily on my mind as I begin to put together material for my articles on the VGN in 1953.  Can anyone help me with my "load" of questions?
>      
>     Glenn Fisher
>     The Man of Many Hats
> 




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SKIP SALMON
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