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correction.  The boiler for the station was on the south side and the 
steps were on the east end.  J. Blackstock

On 3/28/2022 8:30 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
>
> Abe
>
> I think this is a question for Ed King.
>
> He was at Bristol long before we were there. As I recall he told me in 
> his time the operator was on the second floor.  You would reach the 
> office from the iron steps on the west end of the building.  I did get 
> a photo of the stationary E2 boiler that was east of the station.  Did 
> not pay any attention to switches. Or for that matter did not know at 
> the time there was a Y! stationary boiler at the roundhouse.  Don/t 
> think any one got a photo of that one.
>
> Jim Blackstock
>
> On 3/28/2022 4:39 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>> Mr. Aytsch, Good Sir, Your Eminence:
>>
>> I don't think there was a crossover east of State Street, nor even 
>> room for one.  Which seems to insinuate that engines had to move west 
>> of State Street to cross over and move back east to the Round House.
>>
>> But who handled any crossovers or switches west of State Street?  I 
>> know the old N&W (1930s) TT's mention switchtenders handling main 
>> track switches at Bristol, but certainly that would have referenced 
>> N&W switchtenders on N&W property, not anything west of State 
>> Street.  So, did the Southern have a  switchtender west of State 
>> Street?   Or the the crews handle their own switches there?  And 
>> after the concept of interlocked switches and signals came around, 
>> who handled any crossovers west of State Street?  It could have been 
>> the Opr at BD Telegraph Office, since Bristol was operated as a joint 
>> facility and the N&W Oprs at BD had to be qualified on Southern 
>> Operating Rules, too.  I was a green-horn when I railroaded into 
>> Bristol, and not tuned-up to assessing such situations... my focus 
>> was necessarily upon knuckles, air hoses, hand brakes and waiving to 
>> the young girls along the track.
>>
>> And I am also curious about the N&W switchtenders. From whom did they 
>> take orders?  My guess is that the Yard Master at Bristol gave the 
>> switchetneder his instructions. That’s what Yard Masters are for:  
>> coordinating multiple moves in non-main track territory.  And where 
>> was the Yard Master headquartered?  My guess is that he was pretty 
>> close to the depot and the Telegraph Office, which were the seat of 
>> operations for Bristol.
>>
>> And while we are on this subject, just what was on the second floor 
>> of that massive station at Bristol?  Records storage, for sure, as 
>> the railroads saved everything for decades.  And probably offices for 
>> the Train Master, the Road Master, perhaps the Signal Supervisor 
>> after automatic signals came around, and who knows what else.
>>
>> Ya think we could send Mr. Blackstock down to find answers…?
>>
>> In closing, I should mention that there was a wreck east of Bristol 
>> Station sometime around 1920, due to the switchtender, or some 
>> unknown party, opening a main track switch in the face of a westbound 
>> First Class train.  It was a classic case of nobody knowing, or 
>> having done, anything, and everyone pointing his finger at his fellow 
>> workman.  There was an ICC report on the wreck, but it seems I no 
>> longer have it.
>>
>> -- abram burnett
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