North Carolina Branch

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According to the timetables, there were no wyes at either location 
(again a spot check back to 1923)  The only one was at Draper, Fries, 
and Galax which I did not track down the specific date for.

Ken Miller
On Oct 13, 2004, at 9:45 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> I don't know about turning facilities in Austinville and Ivanhoe, I 
> would ASSUME their was in Ivanhoe, because their was daily trains to 
> both Austinville and Ivanhoe, into the 1970's and If I recall 
> correctly, 6-axle units where permitted to Ivanhoe, The rail on the 
> North Carolina branch was 130# rail, but their was tight clearances in 
> the curved Chestnut Creek Tunnel near Gambetta, Between Fries Jct, and 
> Galax.