Re: helper operation on another ng

My copy of Poor’s DSP&P is becoming quite well used. Regarding operations, on pg 433 Morton goes on to state, “We would run extras west with empties, switch the mines in the St. Elmo and Romley District, set out a train at the Tunnel or at Pitkin and return to pick up anything in sight, using the Pitkin or Hancock wye. A turntable was not an absolute necessity at Alpine and even after the table was installed near the west portal of the tunnel in 1907, we didn’t always use it “.

And remember Poor said “An assortment of employees timetables, dated prior to 1906, does not list any turntable at Alpine Tunnel Station.” So a trusted researcher verifies this, as long as at least one of those TTs he referred to was between 1893 and 1906.

So perhaps as I gather you’re saying, a turntable may have been authorized but never acted upon. Still leaves the issue of the receiver’s inventory, but I’d trust an employee timetable over that any day. Doubting Thomas here - I’d love to have somebody post one of the timetables between those 1893 and 1906 dates.

All for now,
Ralph