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

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

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

Ike , Bill and all others: Thanks for sharing these images and maps. Yes, a station project would be neat to do and have. Geez, how many thousands of drawings and images would such a monumental task

When Montpelier Foundation was getting ready to restore the depot at Montpelier Station VA... a group from UVA Architectural School (as I recall) got involved and did complete drawings... These

Ike, Bob, A few items from my research on the PF&P, from 1931 Sanborn and the 1937 Dept. of Agriculture aerial survey photos of Orange County. Coal trestle off C&O mainline from Gordonsville

Ike, Photos of Montpelier Station from my collection. Bill Pratt

Not all we have are in this good condition but here is a scan from microfilm of one of two Montpelier station drawings in the SRHA archives. I would like to see us organize a “depot” project using