Eastern Railroad Discussion > Wolf Run Mine Loading Yards and More in W Va

Hi Guys
Here is the Wolf Run Mine loading yard and faciility yards and they are reuilding the main tracks putting ties in not seen here
Stay tuned for more pics of the Mine complex
Tom Boylan

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Hi Guys
Here are 3 more Wolf Run Mine cpomple photos
Tom Boylan

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Hi Guys 
Here are 3 more pics at W olf Run Mine of building a new and expaned convey belt going over the opposite way from the the original belt
Tom Boylan

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Hi Guys
Here are 3 more pics of the Woplf Run Mine operation
Tom Boylan

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Fascinating.
Bob

Great shots. Where is this mine ?

Gary

Posted from iPhone

Hi Gary
This mine complex is on the right hand side of Rt 250 heading halfway to Phillippi W Va
Tom Boylan

Served by B&O/CSX?

Thanks

Gary

Posted from iPhone

interesting images.  thanks for posting.  

in this day and age, it is nice to see a coal facility that has a need to improve their facilities..........

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Ioving your WV series.  Thanks for sharing this.

I know you were probably on public property, but did anybody give you grief time for taking pictures?  Or any pleasant encounters with miners or locals?

Hi TOMINDE
All of the people that were around we never encountered any problems all very friendly
Most anytime that you go to that particular area    you dont see any people around
Tom Boylan

I rode the West Virginia Local once out of Cumberland and we left with 6 F Units and 40 general business cars.  Soon we stopped at Wolf Run mine, and rear three units went into the mine for 100 loaded coal. When they came out of the mine the coupled on as mid train units and we took all that coal to Bayard where the mid train crew left us to take the coal up the power company branch to the Mt. Storm power plant.  That line had very steep grades and a number of horseshoe curves.  That 100 cars was a daily meal for that power plant.  That mountain is now covered with wind turbines but I doubt it matched the output of the coal burning plant. 
We continued and served more customers after leaving Bayard and arrived at Elkins with 6 cars on our out law limit.  That Black Canyon line that had a 3.05% grade is now a trail from Thomas to Elkins. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/03/20 04:58 by PlyWoody.

41bridge Wrote:
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> Served by B&O/CSX?

Appalachian & Ohio RR, but the Sentinel trains typically use CSX power.

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PlyWoody Wrote:
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> I rode the West Virginia Local once out of
> Cumberland and we left with 6 F Units and 40
> general business cars.  Soon we stopped at Wolf
> Run mine, and rear three units went into the mine
> for 100 loaded coal. When they came out of the
> mine the coupled on as mid train units and we took
> all that coal to Bayard where the mid train crew
> left us to take the coal up the power company
> branch to the Mt. Storm power plant.  

Neat story and experience, but the Wolf Run mine Tom photographed is on the old B&O south of Grafton.  The areas you are describing are on the old WM.

 

Thanks for clearing that up as I wondered if they were going to open Mt Storm power plant again and make some electricity with steam coal.
No such luck.