<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Jim and Ken, thank you!<div><br></div><div>I’ve added your latest comments to my notes, and where they came from. If you come across anything else, please let me know. </div><div><br></div><div>For anyone reading this with mild interest, a placename marking the location of the Dorney coaling station has been added to Google Maps. I encourage others to do the same for their points of interest! </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/GDxFtJbMX6eCU6AFA">https://maps.app.goo.gl/GDxFtJbMX6eCU6AFA</a></div><div><br></div><div>Matt Goodman<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jul 18, 2025, at 3:33 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Hey Matt<br><br>I looked, or tried to look at the employee timetables we had, but one of them is missing, I hope just misplaced.<br><br>Dorney is not listed in anything prior to 1900.<br><br>It is first listed in the Stations and Sidings book No. 36, effective September 1, 1912; however, there were no listings prior to that date.<br><br>Best<br>Ken Miller<br><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 18, 2025, at 11:09 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:<br><br>Matt<br><br>I am with you. I know there was a Dorney before 1910.<br><br>In looking at the Valuations 1916 there were 3 shanty's at Dorney. Two about 14x19 and one 3x5. That 3x5 is listed as a Tool Box Shanty. That was even smaller than the toilets. Perhaps the 1901 structure Alex found. There are no dates of construction in the valuations.<br><br>The first drawing in the N&WHS for Dorney I could find was dated 2/12/1909. It was for the foundation for the water softerner. <br><br>On Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:06:01 AM EDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:<br><br><br>Thanks Jim. The structure stood until somewhere between 1953 and 1959 - pretty durable for gravel!<br><br>The capacity from your source is interesting. I have a photo in my collection, ca. 1912, with the following caption:<br><br>"This is an 880-ton pocket, with sand drying house, boiler house, and small overhead dry sand bin.” <br><br>I’ll add your 700t reference to my notes.<br><br>My project is a history of the place name, potentially for the Pickaway County Historical Society. The few locals that know the name associate it with a stop on the Scioto Valley Traction interurban. It was that, but given it was in far from any public roads, it was effectively only used for N&W employees of the plant. My assumption is that the place name came to be in 1901 (Alex Schust’s book), but I’m hoping earlier N&W timetables can confirm or refine when “Dorney” was first used. <br><br> Matt Goodman<br><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 17, 2025, at 6:15 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:<br><br>Matt<br><br>I am not sure where you are going but it is rather interesting.<br><br>The first time Dorney showed up in my station list was a 1910 N&W station list.<br><br>A 1917 list of N&W coaling stations contains the following:<br><br>Dorney Built 1910 Concrete<br>4 Tracks 8 chutes<br>Link Belt 700 ton cap.<br><br>I might add the valuations of 1916 and later show construction gravel. I think they forgot to mention cement.<br><br>Jim Blackstock<br><br><br><br>On Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 02:51:59 PM EDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:<br><br><br>Hi everyone, <br><br>I’m gathering some final notes on the Dorney, Ohio coaling station, and would like to nail down when that place-name was first referenced for a writing project.<br><br>The earliest reference I have is in Alex Schust’s book on the Scioto Division, where he states a tool house was built at Dorney in 1901. <br><br>An 1887 Scioto Valley Railroad public timetable (N&W predecessor) from the rails and trails site does not list Dorney. <br><br>If any of you have some early, pre 1901, N&W timetables that you could check, I’d be very appreciative. Dorney was located just south of Circleville Ohio (zooming out a bit, between Chillicothe and Columbus). <br><br>Thanks!<br><br>Matt Goodman<br>Columbus, Ohio, US <br>________________________________________<br>NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org<br>To change your subscription go to<br>https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list<br>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br>https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/<br>________________________________________<br>NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org<br>To change your subscription go to<br>https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list<br>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br>https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/<br></blockquote><br>________________________________________<br>NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org<br>To change your subscription go to<br>https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list<br>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br>https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/<br>________________________________________<br>NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org<br>To change your subscription go to<br>https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list<br>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br>https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/<br></blockquote><br>________________________________________<br>NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org<br>To change your subscription go to<br>https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list<br>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br>https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>