Jim: My guess would be to try to get in touch with somebody from Swain County Court House that handles records and maps especially from the 30's to 40's. I will try to get with my parents to see if

This question got my curiosity aroused. I checked several rule books in my collection, and P is, indeed, the abbreviation that the Southern used for telephone. On the ACL, SCL, A&WP/WofA/GaRR, and

As more pieces come together, it's interesting to note that the July 1948 t/t from Mike Roderick lists Bryson as having a coal station but the ICC valuation sheet above shows it retired in 1945 along

Thanks Carl and others. -- Jim King www.smokymountainmodelworks.com

Thanks, Ike. Now this really opens up a can of worms. Turntables at Addie, Bryson and Epps Springs (about 5 miles west of Bryson)? I suspect the first 2 were replaced with wyes about in the same

On Jun 10, 2019, at 2:57 PM, Ron Stafford via Groups.Io <wag2200@...> wrote: P was the designation used for Telephone on the roads that I'm familiar with. Ron Stafford

P was the designation used for Telephone on the roads that I'm familiar with. Ron Stafford On 6/10/2019 3:05 PM, Robert Hanson via Groups.Io wrote:

P = Passing track D = Daytime train order office N = Day and Night time train order office. These are near-universal abbreviations. Bob Hanson Loganville, GA

N - Continuous train order office D - Day (time) train order office P - I'd have to look ... maybe Southern's "code" for "Part-time" ... i.e. two shifts, but not 24 hours DPayne In a message dated

Thanks to Mike Roderick, I have a 1948 and 1964 t/t to go with my 1970 and more recent copies. I’m a little fuzzy on the code letters for each town’s name. Can’t find a key to them anywhere in

I met Matt Bumbarner Saturday at the train show in Gastonia (and bought a signed C&NW book!). I meant to stop by and ask his this, but didn't manage to get back there. 60 and 61 were the local trains

Jim: I have the following Timetables from the Asheville area which has the Murphy Branch listed one is a 1948, 1960 time tables. Also if you could send me a copy of the ICC VAL Map of Bryson City I

Jim: Here are the two ICC summary pages for Accounts 18 (Water Stations) and 19 (Fuel Stations) for NC Val Section 53, the Murphy Branch. There appears to have been coaling facilities only at Balsam

I’m trying to locate water tanks and coaling spots on the Murphy Branch between Addie and Bryson City. If anyone can send me a scan of the 1-page timetable page for the Murphy Branch for any year

Most wood depots were built on pilings with wooden framework. In addition to being easier and faster to build, land prep was simpler. Another benefit of that construction method, many were sold,

The attached photo was taken early last Sunday morning, after Saturday's dedication of the new SRHA Archives building. TVRM employees did a superb job getting the building and grounds ready. Friday,

All: Absolutely correct of various types of a basically same depot for expected revenue. Then you also had to add in the land setup. gradient/s, etc. to the mix but I doubt there would have been too

Ike, As you point out (and the image I sent previously confirms) there are "Types" designated by ICC valuation engineers (from reading the notes I photographed during my visits to NARA in 2000-2002

Bob, For the A&Y at least, there were several "standard" designs. Some from the CF&YV, some from the Southern. The ICC engineer's drawing notebook indicated when a depot was similar to another,

Bob: Re: Depot Drawings….. The number of drawings will not be nearly as high as we might think. There are many examples where a drawing was simply reused, sometime the original name is simply