The Clearfield
and Cambria county (PA) coal fields were
served by the NYC. I read somewhere long ago that they had close ties to the Cambria
& Indiana coal hauler, too.
The T&OC line east of Columbus served coal fields near Zanesville
and in the Hocking
Valley area. This also
connected with the former Kanawha & Michigan line into West Virginia. While the NYC accepted lots
of coal interchange at Deepwater from the Virginian, they generated more
carloads from their part ownership of the NF&G that tapped into major Gauley
field coal reserves.
Another NYC served coal field was in the
Dillonvale, OH area, just west of Mingo Junction and the upper Ohio valley. This coal
moved north on a branch line to Alliance then
onto Cleveland and Lake
Erie.
I’m not as familiar with their Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois operations.
Eric Hansmann
El Paso, TX
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...]
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015
7:57 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Re: I don't
really think of the B&A as serving areas rich in mineral
The
NYC originated a lot more coal than you think. It's lines in central PA
were almost as extensive as the PRR's.
Quoting
from the 1948 annual report, coal as a percent of:
Carloads
- 30.4%
Tonnage
- 43.0%
Revenue
- 20.2%
Car
fleet - 45.3% all open tops, including gons
This
does not include coal off the P&LE unless it came in interchange.
I
might also add that the anthracite portion of the coal business was around 15%.
