<div dir="ltr">Did Bluefield have any derails to stop cars from rolling out of the yard?<div><br></div><div>Mike Rector</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">There was no "hump" in the Bluefield yard. The high point was in the "middle" yard, a little east of the Mercer Street bridge. Bluefield had the reputation of "natural gravity yards in both directions." Coal loads used riders to brake them as they ran downhill from the scale house into the east yard where they were made up into trains.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jim Nichols</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 03:03:33 PM CST, NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="m_-4440043000049516203yiv4954161389"><div><div>Jim,</div><div>I believe the photo in question was taken at the west end of the yard and much lower than up top. The Hump was located on the eastern side of the hill.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Jimmy Lisle</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_-4440043000049516203yiv4954161389composer_signature"><div style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(87,87,87)">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_-4440043000049516203yiv4954161389yqt06114"><div align="left" style="font-size:100%;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> </div><div>Date: 1/14/25 1:28 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> </div><div>Subject: Re: Bluefield hump </div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div dir="ltr">Chris,<div>Thanks for your reply. Would this be the highest point in the yard?</div><div>Jim C.</div></div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Jim,<div>I’m pretty sure this was taken from the north end of the US Route 52 bridge or the adjacent Bluefield State College parking lot looking eastward. The building on the opposite side of the tracks with the car shed should be Bailey Lumber Company. In today’s NS operations, this is where pushers stop after cutting off an eastbound to either get a relief crew or get instructions from the Dispatcher.</div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Chris Dalton </div><div>Bluefield, WV</div><div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 14, 2025, at 7:08 AM, NW Mailing List <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Saw this photo of Facebook and noticed what I believe is a "hump" signal on the left:<div><br clear="none"></div><div><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=584142667706282&set=a.119316684188885" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=584142667706282&set=a.119316684188885</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Comments?</div><div>Jim Cochran</div></div>
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