Servicing Celanese and APCo

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Tue Jun 7 21:08:00 EDT 2022


Don, 
The Celanese plant itself has always had it's own internal fleet of switchers. Whether a local freight or a road freight served the plant externally I can't say, although I suspect the former.
The original Celanese steam locomotive, a Porter 0-4-0F #1, is on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke.
Ron


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A question to the knowledgeable folks of the society. How was the Celanese
plant at Narrows serviced, particularly in the 1970's? Did a local come out
of Bluefield, Radford or Roanoke to do the days work there? Or were cars
dropped and picked up by a through freight and a local switcher (employed by
Celanese?) handle the work in plant? How much daily traffic was generated
here?

 

The same questions apply to the APCo power plant at Glyn Lyn, though I
remember seeing a well-used blue switcher there. So I assume that was only a
drop loads and pick up empties on the siding next to the main for the N&W.

 

Don Trettel

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