Re: Two Railroad Rosters--Dickey Stuff.

Posted by Jim Courtney on
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More fascinating info, should interest Mike Trent:






The early C&S improvements at Dickey are documented:

Evidently there was a stock yard at Dickey, removed in 1901. Perhaps it was located at the site of the coal chutes, because the coal trestle and chutes are noted as built "9/6/1901, coal chutes 12 pockets." One of the large coal storage bins is also noted to be built in 10/1900.

The Dickey engine house and a bunk house are listed as built in 1902.

Perhaps the modifications noted to the depot were a result of the rebuilding, after a string of coal cars derailed and crashed into the depot's office, as described in Poor's book.

It looks like the new C&S, by 1900, had decided to locate a major engine / helper facility at Dickey.