Twelve Pole Line - Motive Power Question

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Fascinating!
Thanks Matt!

Mike Rector

On Fri, Sep 1, 2023, 12:26 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Hey Mike. Alex Schust’s “N&W in West Virginia” has a good amount of
> information on the Twelve Pole. He covers the reasonings the line's initial
> location, how it was used once the Big Sandy line was built (then double
> tracked) and its eventual abandonment in 1933. The general synopsis from
> memory is that it was located where it was to take advantage of potential
> mining potential on the route to the Ohio River, but ultimately the amount
> of business on the line didn’t outweigh the operational difficulties and
> expense once the Big Sandy line was double tracked.
>
> Attached is an N&W Magazine article from November, 1933 that covers the
> abandonment. The first page of the article also contains a before and after
> map - so two birds, one stone!
>
> Matt Goodman
> Columbus, Ohio
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> On Sep 1, 2023, at 10:57 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> This is the second time the 12 pole line has come up in the past year. Is
> anyone familiar enough with it to show a map outlining the line, and
> discussing its operation? What industries did it serve? How long was it
> active? How busy was it? Is there any information about it in any of the
> N&W (or other) books?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Rector
>
> On Fri, Sep 1, 2023, 8:18 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes the Z class was used on the 12 pole line.
>>
>> Larry Evans
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Aug 31, 2023, at 10:27 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Let's talk about the largest motive power used on the Twelve Pole Line
>> (Naugatuck to Kenova.)
>> >
>> > Were the early Mallets used on that line, or did tunnel clearances,
>> bridges and curvature limit motive power to the Class G and Class W
>> Consolidations, and the Class M Mastadons?
>> >
>> > -- abram burnett
>> > Turnips are the Disinformation Propaganda of the Elite - Don't Eat Them
>> !
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