Radford and Shenandoah Divisions

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In November, 1970, I made the Radford-Galax  run. Coming back to  Radford,
the train stopped at Fries Junction and went light to Fries to pick up  an
empty system hopper at a textile plant.  An 11-mile round trip at yard  speed
and on overtime.  Do the economics.  When I got back to Roanoke,  the
boss wanted a report (he'd been a trainmaster on the Radford Division  in
the late 40's).  I told him we'd gone to Fries (as in French fries)  to pick 
up an
empty.  "No!  No!  No!" he shrieked.  "It's fries in  the summer and freeze in
the winter."
 
Meadow View -- one of the few places I've seen a signal placed not in  accord-
ace with (then) Rule 337 - "Signals are located over or at the right  of the 
track
they govern . . . .unless otherwise provided."   At Meadow  View, the eastward
signal was on the left side of the track.  Had it been located on the  right 
side
of the track, that coal trestle may have affected the ability of a  crew to 
view the
signal.
                                                     Harry Bundy
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