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Hardwood Bark, 1929

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  • THE BARK This Little Board Goes to Market "All in the Day's Work" and "Easy When You Know How" Say Men Who Run the Mountain Train from Nantahala to Start Ritter Lumber to Customers. "^ IGHTY miles a day may not seem much ""1 of a distance for a locomotive to travel. ^ But when an engine has to fight a steep grade and go over the top of a mountain about 4,500 feet above the level of the sea, or so high it makes an ordinary mortal dizzy to look down from the top, some idea of the problem of trans- portng Ritter lumber from our Nantahala mill in North Carolina to the Southern Railway is gained. Naturally, the track does not go straight up the side of such a mountain, for there is no locomotive made to climb it, but by a series of switchbacks and through the use of a 7 5-ton Shay locomotive, a daily trip is made over the mountain from Nantahala or Rainbow Springs to Andrews and back, with an average grade of eight per cent. This is much too steep for an ordinary locomotive and therefore a Shay, having a multiple-gear drive, is employed. There are two such 75-ton "locos" at Nantahala and they and their engineers have been inseparable for a number of years. No. 35, recently re-tired in the Nantahala shops, is in charge of M. D. Culbertson, who came with the engine two years ago from Barrett, W. Va. No. 25 is driven by the veteran "Charley" Wilson, who has also been with his iron horse for years. Neither of these engineers .has had a mishap with his engine in the two years our company has been operating over this stretch. Rainbow Springs is in the Nantahala National Forest and about 3500 feet high and Andrews is at the other end of the track. Between the two towns lies the 4500-foot mountain, which must be gone over in order that Ritter lumber may be started promptly via the Southern Railway to our customers. It is the one way. Doubtless the engineers picked out the smallest mountain and the most expedient right of way. Dangerous? Maybe, but the casual way in which the train crew speaks of sharp angles makes one feel rather comfortable, even atop one of the boxes on wheels, as it careens up or down or around, as the case may be. But these Ritter trainmen are careful, and that counts for a lot of comfort. Roughly, the distance between our Ritter operation and Andrews is 30 miles. The return trip makes it 60 miles and nearly 20 more are added by reason of the fact that the engine can haul only part of its train load up the mountain on either side and must return from the top for the rest of the cars. On the longer of these two round trips, on the steeper side of the mountain, a distance of ten miles is covered and an hour and a half required for the trip. The views accompanying this article give some idea of the territory covered. A typical day may be cited. No. 25 engine arrives with half a dozen loaded box cars at Andrews after making the trip over the mountain in about four and a half hours. It is about 12 noon. Little time is consumed for lunch; the crew sit down near the engine to eat and as soon as they are through No. 25 takes on water, the switching is completed, five empties and one loaded car of coal are picked up and by one p. m. the train is on its way back to Nantahala. By two o'clock it has reached the siding near the "foot" of the mountain. Here one box car and the car of coal are side-tracked and the four remaining cars of the train are pushed to the top, along Junaluska Creek, arriving at the crest at about 3 p. m. The engine and tender immediately start down for the cars left behind. Meanwhile a train of logs arrives at the top from the other side of the mountain, switches and goes on toward Andrews. As this train shares twelve miles of the track with Ritter engines, it is necessary to maintain constant communication by telephone to keep the track clear for both the lumber and the log train. No. 25 returns to the top with the two cars and at 4:30 p. m. all six are coupled together and started on their way down the mountain toward Nantahala via Wolf Creek. The engine is now in front (in coming up the mountain it was behind) and sitting on the box cars is not as easy, since the smoke from the engine persists in trailing over the cars (but it is good coal that is View on front cover shows Nantahala Gorge Four
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