Found this...they look pretty good together....now if that blue was just a bit darker....
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Chris,
Thanks for posting the photo. More please. I really want that SRR unit in "O" scale.
Roger
Where was this taken, and why would NS leave a structure like that out on the main?
Hi Roger, I am with you on that.....how about another..
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That photo was taken at Welch West,VA. There are several main line coaling towers in place, why?....Cost...not wanting to shut down a main line to take the towers down?...Not really sure. There is still the one at Vicker and Prichard West,VA.
Prichard West,VA
Vicker West,Va
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here is another.........
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Seems they would be a unwarrented hazzard to traffic beneath them
Yeah you would think you know?.... I guess as long as their dbl. stacks and all the high/wide loads get through I guess they are not too worried about it...why spend the $$ when they are not hurting anything.
Originally Posted by Unseenthings:
Seems they would be a unwarrented hazzard to traffic beneath them
Why? They are solid re-enforced concrete, they aren't hurting anything, and would be EXTREMELY costly to blast down & haul away. Not to mention great damage to the track structure when all that concrete falls down on it. So the main line would probably be closed for 3 or 4 days and for what? It isn't worth the money and headaches to knock down all those concrete coaling towers that are spread throughout the nation.
The blue seems to be closer to WAB. But maybe they had a problem matching the paint due to the fact lead i8s not used anymore.
Looks like Farm. That;'s about MP.N 403 I think,it's been a few years since I've been that way from Portsmouth to Bluefield WV.
Welch,WV is about 5 miles east of Farm.
I go under neath the tipple at Prichard (MP.NA 45) alot,it's huge. Rumors are they may remove it when the Prichard intermodal yard gets built,which is in the first stages right now.
Thanks for narrowing that down....will be sad if that tower at Prichard comes down....but progress and such.
Originally Posted by mackb4:
Looks like Farm. That;'s about MP.N 403 I think,it's been a few years since I've been that way from Portsmouth to Bluefield WV.
Welch,WV is about 5 miles east of Farm.
I go under neath the tipple at Prichard (MP.NA 45) alot,it's huge. Rumors are they may remove it when the Prichard intermodal yard gets built,which is in the first stages right now.
No N&W unit was ever harmed by being painted in Wabash blue 
Jeff C
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Originally Posted by Unseenthings:
Seems they would be a unwarrented hazzard to traffic beneath them
Why? They are solid re-enforced concrete, they aren't hurting anything, and would be EXTREMELY costly to blast down & haul away. Not to mention great damage to the track structure when all that concrete falls down on it. So the main line would probably be closed for 3 or 4 days and for what? It isn't worth the money and headaches to knock down all those concrete coaling towers that are spread throughout the nation.
I recall some years back CSX attempted to demolish one of their concrete coaling towers by knocking out one of the legs out and having it fall to the side of the tracks, after which they could finish destroying it. But because of the shear weight of the structure it instead fell straight down onto the tracks, thus blocking the line until it could be removed.
Stuart
LOL......
Originally Posted by leikec:
No N&W unit was ever harmed by being painted in Wabash blue
Jeff C
