Jon Radder said:
Just saw this interesting tidbit from the Mt. Union Times posted on the EBT Facebook page…
Dec 22 1905 Mount Union Times pg 4 “ Contemplated improvements will undoubtedly keep the present outside force busy all winter. The track to the engine house will have to be moved to rear of the shop buildings on account of the addition to the machine shops. A new two story station and office building, 28 feet by 75 feet, to be heated by steam, will be erected and work will begun on foundation at an early date. The present office building will be removed, the water tank is to be replaced at the same time, and the space now occupied by those buildings will be filled with side tracks. A trestle is to be placed I Puckey & Co’s. Coal yard to admit of the dumping of coal and thereby save labor in unloading and delay to the cars.
So the article is obviously about work in Orbisonia/Rock Hill. I sure don’t remember ever reading anything about a prior office building be removed. The track must be the one along the creek with the 3 way stub switch going to the paint shop and also the engine house turntable.
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“A trestle is to be placed I Puckey & Co’s. Coal yard to admit of the dumping of coal and thereby save labor in unloading and delay to the cars.” What a great name! Don’t think I’ve ever heard it before. Or at least the brain isn’t registering it Wasn’t there a coal trestle about where the station platform is for the Trolley museum? Have no books with me. I’m having to draw on others for research info. And my brain may be forgetting more than it ever remembered.
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Side note unrelated, there was a coal company in south St. Louis called the “Wurst Coal Company”. Not exactly great for marketing.(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
