RD and other Pocahontas Towers
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Jimmy
At one time JK was a two story building. Not many photos of that
building. Perhaps one or two in the archives.
Jim Blackstock
On 8/23/2021 9:19 PM, NW Mailing List
wrote:
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 Lisle
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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
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Subject: 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
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Add Kermit it wasn’t exactly a tower one
level
Larry Evans
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Subject: RD and other Pocahontas Towers
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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