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Thanks for the reply, Harry.

I’ve been scouring google maps and I can’t locate Celco or Flat Top.  I guess these are railroad vs not municipal names.

Can you point me in the right direction?

Carl Woods
Richmond, VA

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Carl Woods-
I can't say I know all the answers, but Bluefield seems to have been primarily reduced
to a crew-change point.  It seems that coal traffic has impacted Bluefield yard more
than merchandise traffic.  Twenty-five years ago (or so), some coal was scaled at Bluefield,
but with the weigh-in motion scale (known as the "weigh and spray" by railroaders)
near Celco, there's no reason to scale at Bluefield anymore,  Doubling over and testing
air at East Yard was a time-consuming operation, but now coal trains stop at Flat Top, set
off and/or pick-up coal, and are pushed to Bluefield to change crews.  Even coal from the
Clinch Valley is diverted at Cedar Bluff to operate via  Iaeger  then to Flat Top.
                                                                                    Harry Bundy
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