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August 20, 2015 at 3:34 pm #5430

James Pruitt
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Did trains running over Gorham Hill need helpers or did MP simply add the necessary horsepower at the head end when making up a train?

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June 24, 2016 at 7:37 pm #7991

John Garavaglia
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Goreville (?) Hill? in Southern Illinois was a stumbling block at times…and in the early 1970’s crews were known to double that hill if necessary. This hill is on the Joppa Subdivision in Southern Illinois…on ex-C&EI track.

The BN stationed a pusher there from time-to-time for its’ longer and heavier coal traffic…this pusher stayed between Neilson Jct (on BN track) and Goreville (MP track)…and usually cut off at Goreville IL…after cresting the hill.

Gorham IL is on the Chester Subdivision…and was (and still is) a major point where block swapping occurred in the late 1970’s…had a nice yard there…where blocks of cars were interchanged…depending on destinations on their way south or southwest.
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