"Virginia-Carolina Branch" in 1918

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Folks,

 

I, like the estimable Mr. Bundy, was puzzled by the 12-mile distance between
coaling stations. I thought it might refer to a "crossing at grade" as well.


 

So, plugging in my ever-handy "Norfolk and Western Railway, Annual Reports
1887-1981" CD, I pulled up the map for 1920 and zoomed down to the Virginia
and Carolina Branch to see if there were any evidence of the crossing at
grade of another railroad. I'm not clear on the level of detail on these
maps; maybe Class I and Class II roads were "good enough". 

 

At any rate, the Annual Report map for 1920 doesn't indicate any such
crossing. Could there be logging roads in the area, or other shortlines such
as Mr. Bundy's suggested White Top RR?

 

I circled back to other Employee TTs in my collection to look for clues to
the identity of the mysterious 'G'. Nothing. The UP has a nice little
glossary of abbreviations they use, but no 'G'.

 

Could the G refer to the grade of coal available at these sites? Wasn't
there a "green" coal designation for run-of-mine quality? I am no expert on
the coal business but wonder if the answer could lie there. This poor
quality coal could also explain why the coaling stations were only 12 miles
apart-"use this coal only in the most dire of emergencies" it might be
saying.

 

Regards,

 

Dave Lambert

 

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Oh Abe, Son of "Spike" (SOS)--

It's taken a great deal of deducing.  My guess may not be correct.

Consider this:

 

1-  Where the "G" appears, it's followed by "C".

2-   N&W, et al., used "C" to designate coaling stations.

3-  Would the Virginia-Carolina have had coaling stations only 12 mi. apart
?

4-   Although shown in the Radford Div. Time Table, I don't believe N&W had

      taken ownership of the V-C by that date.

5-   Different strokes for different folks; N&W showed RR crossings at grade
by

      the alpha "X".  Maybe the V-C used "GC".

 

I am not familiar with the route of the White Top RR, but perhaps the "GC"

designates a crossing with that railroad.  Or maybe it was the Grand Central

Terminal.

                                                         Harry Bundy 

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