branch line equipment

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Jim,

Glad to help.  I also have a modeling interest in Pokey operations prior to
1960 and have started collating info gradually collected over time. 
Apparently for its size,  Eckman was a zoo, so there could be a lot to sort
out.  I can post excerpts of interest as the material gels.  Even Byrd
Yard/North Fork was busy enough that when the passenger run returned, the
crew found it more expedient to "jerk 'em by" to get around their train.

Grant Carpenter


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> Garnt,

> Thank you very much for the information on the North Fork branch

passenger 

> ops.  I am also interested in the mine runs and operations Byrd/Eckman. 

My 

> paternal grandfather was a motorman at Zenith and lived in Crumpler.  My 

> Mom's family lived at McDowell worked Greenbriar.  (One of these years)

I'd 

> like to model this area in some detail and would appreciate any/all 

> information you can provide.

> Thanks again,

> Jim Cochran

>

> dcochran116 at roadrunnmer.com

>

>

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>

> >I understand only E2a's were used on the Bluestone passenger run, but an

M

> > (#421) was used on the Bluestone Shifter.  E2a's were also used on the

Tug

> > and Dry Fork passenger runs, but M #396 or #439 was used on the North

Fork

> > Hollow passenger run.  Equipment on the North Fork run was one coach

and a

> > baggage/coach.  Two round trips a day (previously five), three on 

> > Saturday,

> > they pulled up the branch to Crumpler, running around the train at Coach

> > Siding and backed out.  Kids rode to school in North Fork on a pass for

$2

> > a month.  Towards the end anyway, the extent of mixed traffic was a

50-ton

> > gon of sand every Monday to Cherokee that was shoved ahead of the

engine.

> > The crew worked out of Eckman where the equipment was serviced

(including

> > waste rubs every night).  Between runs up the Hollow, the job worked

> > Keystone with empties out of Byrd Yard (no pulling loads!).  The run got

> > pulled in 1950 when Eckman closed.

> >

> > Grant Carpenter

> >

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> >> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 18:41:33 -0400

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> >> Hi,

> >> Saw reference on the modeling list to class E being used for passenger

> > service on the Bluestone branch.  Does anybody know what motive power

> > and/or passenger cars was used on the Northfork Branch (Northfork to

> > Crumpler).  I'd like this information from any time period, but

> > particularly interested in the 1940's through end of service.

> >> Thanks,

> >> Jim Cochran

> >>

> >> dcochran116 at roadrunner.c