RD and other Pocahontas Towers

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I was looking through an old timetable the other day and read where the the N&W referred to that little building between the VGN & N&W (JK) as "Walnut Tower".Jimmy LisleSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> Date: 8/23/21  9:12 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: 'NW Mailing List' <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> Subject: Re: RD and other Pocahontas Towers Thanks for the replies.  I would have responded sooner but haven't had much time to sit and spend on email lately.I guess from a modeling perspective, when I say tower, in this case I am looking for a structure that's primary or sole purpose was controlling train movements at a yard, junction, crossing, or other such location, to see what options I have for including such a structure on my layout, which I guess you could say is loosely based on or inspired by the Pocahontas Division.  I have seen pictures of SU/Bluestone, DY/Iaeger, Tug, KX/Kenova, Cowan, and RD, and was wondering if any other structures would have been standing and in use in the 1950s.  That being said, it is also helpful to know what locations were controlled remotely or by a tower integrated with a station or other building, so that way I know I don't have to spend time trying to find pictures of a structure that never existed.Marty Flick-----------------------------------------From: "NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List" To: "NW Mailing List"Cc: "NW Mailing List"Sent: Sunday August 15 2021 8:37:43AMSubject: Re: RD and other Pocahontas Towers
Larry you hit the nail on the head.  The N&W called it
a tower.  That gets to the point of how do you define a
tower.  By the building or by the function. Or perhaps what
the RR wanted to call it.  Jim B
On 8/14/2021 7:33 PM, NW Mailing List
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Add Kermit it wasn’t  exactly a tower  one
level

 

Larry Evans

 


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Pages 240-241 of Alex Schust's "The Norfolk
And Western In West Virginia 1881-1959" describe and show a picture
of RD Tower, on the east end of Bluefield Yard.  What isn't
clear to me is if it controlled only the east end of the yard or
both ends?  If RD only controlled the east end of the yard,
was there another tower that controlled the west end, perhaps
Graham/RQ?

 


While we're on the subject, how many towers
were there on the N&W main, particularly between Bluefield and
Kenova?  I know there was SU tower at Bluestone Junction, TUG
at Welch, DY at Iaeger, and KX at Kenova.  I believe the Devon
depot contained the controls for the Buchanan Branch.  Are
there any others?  I've tried browsing the online Archives,
but haven't had much success, maybe using the wrong search
terms.


 


Thank you


Marty Flick



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