Mine Shifter Location?

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Thanks to all for helping me with this photo location. Who made the 
first post shown below (remember to sign pls).

Am I correct in surmising that the loco is on the E.B. Main and is 
shoving east? The longest single sequence on side A of Mr. Link's 
recording '2nd Pigeon and the Mockingbird' is of 2190 shifting at 
Borderland. Nice sounds to go with this photo. So perhaps this is one of 
the Pigeon Shifters from Williamson.

And yes Matt, the photographer is very contemporary in dress. Probably 
from NJ, PA, or NY. : )

This image will be available soon in the archives under 'Borderland' or 
'2126'.

John Garner, Newport VA



Yes, this is Borderland Collieries.  The mine was over in Kentucky, as 
you can see to the right in the picture. The coal was trammed over to 
the West Virginia concrete tipple by the massive bridge  It was 
originally owned by a group of Roanoke investors led by Edwin Stone of 
Stone Printing, next door to the N&W Headquarters Buildings and across 
the street from Hotel Roanoke.  I once bought an N&W "lamp" from a Mrs. 
Joseph, who lived in the superintendent's house and operated an antique 
shop in the garage.  All this complex stood until the four-lane 
improvement of US 52/119 in the 'Eighties. A few company houses remain 
in the bottom toward (east) Williamson; otherwise, not a trace is left.  
The 2136 was one of a handful of Y6 engines used on shifters during the 
last of steam; 2154, 2123 and 2190 were others.

     On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 08:35:56 AM EST, NW Mailing List 
<nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

  Chris is probably correct on Borderland. See following image (Uses in 
Alex "N&W in West Virginia" book). Location looks the same to me!

https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=197195
- Roger Link

On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 7:15 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List 
<nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

John,
My best guess is Borderland just west of Williamson based on old 
pictures that I saw at some point.   It’s an awesome picture.  I’m 
thinking this is really late in the Steam era for a straight Y6 to be 
working a mine shifter.  Could this be the 2136?
Thank Ya’n Out,
Chris Dalton
Bluefield, WV
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