Getting Real column - 12
15: No. 8, the eastbound Log Train arrived at Bagby at
10:27 a.m. After taking water, it pulled forward to the
clearance point for the siding. Since it is superior by
direction, it stayed on the main line. It is now 10:40
a.m. and the westbound Rock Train has arrived for
their meet. The Log Train is longer than the siding and
is blocking the west switch. Fortunately, the cars in the
Rock Train are only 22 feet long and locomotive will
slowly pull forward until its caboose is clear, allowing
the Log Train to pull out and leave for Incline.
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16: The lack of a blackout visor on the headlight dates
this photo to probably 1940 or 1941. (Visors were
installed on all YV locomotives in early 1942, after
the United States joined the Allies in World War II in
December 1941.) Train No. 9 appears to be passing
Jenkins Hill, about 6 miles west of Incline where it
picked up the loaded log cars (Al Rose photo).
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17: Train No. 9 has just left Incline with an empty UTLX
“Van Dyke” frameless tank car coupled behind the
engine and a line of loaded log cars in tow. Jenkins
Hill is just around the curve beyond the trestle.
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MRH-Jul 2013
