Feb 22 Weekly Photo Fun
Greetings everyone,
Just thought I'd add a pic and a short story for all to enjoy. Here is a pic of a church and cemetary in progress as an SD35 creeps through Blum Cut with a string of empty hoppers. Here is the backstory behind the naming of Blum Cut.
The story is that long ago the cemetary used to be right beside the church. When the railroad was being built to the growing coal mines the only route available in the narrow valley was right through the cemetary. All families agreed to have plots moved father over to make way for the railroad except one. The Blum (pronounced blume) family refused to move their plots and as a result entered a long legal battle with the railroad. The Blum's being of great wealth fought tooth and nail but to no avail as the railroad offered a settlement of an undisclosed sum which was accepted and the plots were moved. The grading crews were literally at the edge of the cemetary when the settlement was reached and they quickly moved the plots and cut through. The cut quickly became known as Blum Cut by the railraod workers and it's been said that at night the ghosts of the plots that were moved have been known to appear in the middle of the tracks.
