West Virginia Northern - Part 2
Feel free to share these with any others that were in attendance that I don’t know.
Continuing with Box 2 of 4.
1. WVN 52-50-51 triple 9 loads up into Tunnelton WV on 09-10-1987.
2. Head room for switching is on the old B&O main track. The old tunnel, however, has been sealed for years. WVN.
3. Getting empties out of the yard. Old B&O depot is on the right behind the signal. 09-10-1987. WVN.
4. Shoving 49 MTYs north through Howesville. WVN.
5. Brakeman riding the head car down to the lower Irona switchback. WVN.
6. Cloud of brake smoke as 52 gets them stopped at the Irona switchback. WVN.
7. Continuing on down the mountain. WVN.
8. Mary Ruth Coal Co. MRC tipple near Kingwood WV. 09-11-1987. WVN.
9. Supplying MTYs at Mary Ruth tipple. 09-10-1987. WVN.
10. WVN 52-50-51 backing out to the main at Mary Ruth tipple.
11. Struggling up to the lower Irona switchback with 10 loads from Mary Ruth. 09-10-1987. WVN.
12. I guess I had the aperture wrong for this shot of 52 and companions shoving to the upper switch back. WVN.
13. I must have run to the upper switchback! I couldn’t do that now! WVN.
14. At the Viking Coal siding they set off their 10 loads. The Viking tipple was inactive. WVN.
15. Another shot setting off their 10 loads at Viking siding. WVN.
16. Afterward they picked up 10 MTYs at Howesville. WVN.
All for now. On to box 3.
Train images used by permission of Everett N Young