Radford and Shenandoah Divisions

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Thu Dec 29 07:38:59 EST 2005


LOL yes indeed.. it is FRIES in the summer and FREEZE in the winter. Any of us locals could have told you that. I love walking the trail that runs on the old right of way.... hae a small collection of spikes and plates picked up along there from when they ripped out the rails and ties nearly 20 years ago now...

Bob Welsh
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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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