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| Robert Slavy posted Home on the road. Taken at the NS Auville yard in Iaeger, West Virginia. Carl Brooks Lived in them many years..Conrail’s were nice and clean,with A/C,not bad at all..ate like kings,thanks to camp car cooks like Craig Whaley... Steven Tarkka Not anymore. Peter Geitner Atco living sucks . 7 guys to a unit with cardboard walls. You should be paid around the clock because the company requires you stay on their property. Robert Slavy posted Frank Irvine: Spent 15 years in boarding cars 1980 - 1995 Robert Hamel: What a miserable life the bunk cars were in the early 70s, old coaches freezing cold in the winter and hot in the summer, no air conditioning, no showers, no wonder we drank |
Aaron Bryant posted four photos with the comment: "The last coaling tower constructed for the Norfolk and Western, is this 200 ton capacity tower built in 1956 in Iaeger, West Virginia."
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| Jeff Picka posted Coaling tower on the Norfolk and Western at Ieger WV. Jon Roberts: It's pronounced Yeager just like Chuck Yeager. Pocahontas Sub. They used coal fired steam locomotives until the early 1960s. N&W built their own steam locomotives which got more miles between scheduled service than any other manufacturer. Huge Locomotive build and repair shops were in Roanoke, VA. I remember sweeping coal soot off the porch. Loved to hear those steam units coming West out of the tunnels at Sprig, WV. Farm was right across the Tug River. Adrian Kingston: That is super cool how was the coal loaded into the tower? |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Adrian's comment The "diagonal thing" sticking out towards the back near the top was probably the head of a skip hoist that went down to a dump pit next to the tower. This 2001 photo of the Bangor and Aroostock Railroad tower in Millinocket, MN still had its hoist. More info on skip hoists: https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/.../skip-hoists... |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Adrian's comment Yesterday I came across a photo of another coaling tower that still had its skip hoist. In this case the hopper dump building has been removed so that you can see the dump pit. This was cropped from a photo at the Library of Congress. HAER CONN,5-NEWHA,37- |
Aaron Bryant posted four photos with the comment: "The last coaling tower constructed for the Norfolk and Western, is this 200 ton capacity tower built in 1956 in Iaeger, West Virginia. Photos taken in December 2018, and July 2019."
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| Aaron Bryant posted Looking east at the start of NS, Auville Yard, in Iaeger, W.Va. The image is far from perfect, but climbing down the hill from Rt. 52 to get the CPL, and the concrete coaling tower in the same shot, was a real challenge. Many branches and powerlines were in the way, but it is what it is. 4/19. |
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