Servicing Celanese and APCo

Tue Jun 7 23:59:52 EDT 2022

Thanks Ron. Any idea how much traffic was generated per day? From the photos I’ve seen, by the number of cars spotted in plant, I suspect it was significant.

Don

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Don,  

The Celanese plant itself has always had it's own internal fleet of switchers. Whether a local freight or a road freight served the plant externally I can't say, although I suspect the former.

The original Celanese steam locomotive, a Porter 0-4-0F #1, is on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke.

Ron

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A question to the knowledgeable folks of the society. How was the Celanese

plant at Narrows serviced, particularly in the 1970's? Did a local come out

of Bluefield, Radford or Roanoke to do the days work there? Or were cars

dropped and picked up by a through freight and a local switcher (employed by

Celanese?) handle the work in plant? How much daily traffic was generated

here?

The same questions apply to the APCo power plant at Glyn Lyn, though I

remember seeing a well-used blue switcher there. So I assume that was only a

drop loads and pick up empties on the siding next to the main for the N&W.

Don Trettel

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