Line South of Roanoke

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Since nobody has answered yet I'll give you the "Reader's Digest summary"  
and others can fill in the details.  It's the former Winston-Salem branch  of 
the N&W, Roanoke to Winston-Salem, NC.  It currently sees a  Duke Power unit 
coal train (one of the ones you saw), some auto rack business  (I'm not sure what 
plant, the experts can fill in), and a little local business,  that I know 
of.  
 
It began life as the "Roanoke and Southern" and was bought by the N&W  around 
the turn of the 20th century.  The date is on the N&WHS calendar  (hint :-) ).
 
Dave Phelps
 
In a message dated 6/26/2005 6:07:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

   I drive south to visit family in Greensboro, NC about once a  year. We go 
I-81 and pick up 220 in Roanoke. Heading south out of Roanoke is a  single 
track line that snakes its way
south. Twice I have seen trains on it. Once with a High Hood 4-axle geep  and 
a short consist. The other was 50 or so hopper cars with 3 units pulling  and 
2 pushing. I would
like to know anything anyone can share about this branch. Where does it  go? 
What was it
built for? What kind of traffic does it handle now? It looks well  
maintained. Thanks.
 
                                                                              
   Sincerely,
                                                                              
      David Badgley
 


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