The author completes the story of the Interstate Railroad that he began in his first book in 1994. This volume details the coal mines, tipples, and switching operations - including coal trains and mine runs - that formed the backbone of this line's traffic. The Interstate connected with the Norfolk & Western, Southern, Louisville & Nashville, and Clinchfield. It funneled numerous Appalachian coal mine branches to these lines. Wolfe uses firsthand accounts and material taken from his father whom was an Interstate brakeman and conductor from 1937 to 1978.
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Although the Interstate had constructed tracks and a few buildings at the Andover location as early as 1907-1908 to accommodate the traffic increase associated with the completion of its Appalachia-Norton trackage, operations weren't officially transferred to Andover until 1921. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coke track, single long siding, coke loads, two empty tracks, tipple track, coke yard, runaway track, load track, wye switch, stub track, stonega coke, scale siding, main line past, hill crew, coke empties, tail track, strip mined coal, ton hoppers, dump train, interchange tracks, coaling tower, piece load, coke operations, coal loads, coal empties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roaring Fork, Miller Yard, Westmoreland Collection, Pine Branch, Cane Patch, Dorchester Junction, Kent Junction, Critical Fork, Guest River, Long Collection, Central Supply, Bruton Siding, Mudlick Junction, Steer Branch, Band Mill, Penn Virginia Collection, Clark Siding, Lumber Company, Second Yard, Stonega Company, Norton Yard, Camp Creek, Virginia Wholesale, World War, Esserville Scale Siding New!
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Although the Interstate had constructed tracks and a few buildings at the Andover location as early as 1907-1908 to accommodate the traffic increase associated with the completion of its Appalachia-Norton trackage, operations weren't officially transferred to Andover until 1921. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coke track, single long siding, coke loads, two empty tracks, tipple track, coke yard, runaway track, load track, wye switch, stub track, stonega coke, scale siding, main line past, hill crew, coke empties, tail track, strip mined coal, ton hoppers, dump train, interchange tracks, coaling tower, piece load, coke operations, coal loads, coal empties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roaring Fork, Miller Yard, Westmoreland Collection, Pine Branch, Cane Patch, Dorchester Junction, Kent Junction, Critical Fork, Guest River, Long Collection, Central Supply, Bruton Siding, Mudlick Junction, Steer Branch, Band Mill, Penn Virginia Collection, Clark Siding, Lumber Company, Second Yard, Stonega Company, Norton Yard, Camp Creek, Virginia Wholesale, World War, Esserville Scale Siding New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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