Elmore Yard & P-D District Closing

Wed Sep 23 13:42:14 EDT 2015

I did read that a NS spokeswoman said the customer in Princeton will continue to receive rail service via the P-D District mainline between Princeton and Kelleysville. 

Jeff Hawkins 

----- Original Message -----

From: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 
To: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 10:26:09 PM 
Subject: Re: Elmore Yard & P-D District Closing 

The term KV Junction now makes sense to me. Regardless of your political persuasions, this is a result of a cause and effect. And regardless of the cause, the effect is the same -- old Virginian line between Elmore and Kellysville will be taken out of service and a new era begins. 
Times are a-changing and regrettably so. 
Bud Jeffries 
From: NW Mailing List 
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 2:37 PM 
To: NW Mailing List 
Subject: Re: Elmore Yard & P-D District Closing 
Correction.....its Kellysville,WV or as the junction is officially called by NS, KV Jct. 
Ed Painter; Narrows, VA ( we lived in Glen Lyn for 7 years, 1955 through 1961, prior to moving to Narrows) currently living in North Georgia 
On Sep 22, 2015, at 1:21 PM, NW Mailing List < nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org > wrote: 

Princeton-Deepwater, connects to the N&W mainline between Bluefield and Roanoke at Kely View, Va, just west of the AEP plant at Glen Lyn, VA. 
Regards 
Russ Goodwin 
Buford, GA 
Happy Connecting. Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 5 

-------- Original message -------- 
From: NW Mailing List < nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org > 
Date: 22/09/2015 13:19 (GMT-05:00) 
To: NW Mailing List < nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org > 
Subject: Re: Elmore Yard & P-D District Closing 

What does “P-D “ stand for? On the old N&W, PD meant “Pulaski District”. Where is “P-D Junction located; Kellysville or ??? 
Bud Jeffries 
From: NW Mailing List 
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:08 AM 
To: NW Mailing List 
Subject: Re: Elmore Yard & P-D District Closing 
I'm not sure the EPA Is the prime reason for the decline in coal use. The increased availability of cheap natural gas is the reason many utilities have stopped burning coal. And I'm not sure the decline in coal use is the prime reason for downgrading the P-D district. Apparently NS figures it is cheaper to route traffic to Wharncliffe than to maintain traffic on the P-D district. 

Jim Nichols 

On Monday, September 21, 2015 1:29 PM, NW Mailing List < nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org > wrote: 

Another success story from EPA overreach and the War on Coal. 
Ed Painter, Narrows, VA living in North Georgia 
On Sep 19, 2015, at 2:40 PM, NW Mailing List < nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org > wrote: 

<blockquote>

All - 

I have not seen this mentioned on this group yet, so I'll pass along what I've been told by multiple sources. Elmore Yard will be closing October 1 and the NS P-D District will no longer be utilized between Elmore and P-D Junction. All traffic will be routed over the NS Guyandotte River Branch to the Pokey main at Wharncliffe. That means nearly 50 miles of the old VGN mainline will fall silent. Whether this is temporary or permanent, I do not know. Time will tell but it doesn't sound good given the current climate of the coal industry. Again, just passing along what I'm being told. 

Jeff Hawkins 
www.railsinvirginia.com 
www.railfirephotography.com 
________________________________________ 
NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org 
To change your subscription go to 
http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list 
Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at 
http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/ 

________________________________________ 
NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org 
To change your subscription go to 
http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list 
Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at 
http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/ 

________________________________________ 
NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org 
To change your subscription go to 
http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list 
Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at 
http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/ 
<Mail Attachment.txt> ________________________________________ 
NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org 
To change your subscription go to 
http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list 
Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at 
http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/ 
</blockquote>

________________________________________ 
NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org 
To change your subscription go to 
http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list 
Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at 
http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/ 

________________________________________ 
NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org 
To change your subscription go to 
http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list 
Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at 
http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/ 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20150923/3212fa56/attachment.html>