The End of the Saltville Branch

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I went to Saltville Saturday.  The scrap crew has already arrived and has some of their equipment set up.  I expect demolition to begin soon.  
  Ben Blevins

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    From the Bristol Herald Courier:
   
  http://www.tricities.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TRI/MGArticle/TRI_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128769036724
   
  The article mentions that A&K Railroad,  http://www.akrailroad.com/  will be doing the removal of the rail, which is 130 pound rail all the way to the yard according to my N&W Track Chart.  After that, its 100 pound on the N&W side, and I don't know what all variants were used on the Olin- Mathieson Alkali Works tracks.  From all the track charts I've been provided with, Olin had 19 miles in the town, and with yard and all I'd guesstimate the N&W had between 12 to 14 miles, if not more.  Anyway, here's the article.  Enjoy. (If you can...)  I'd always had a futile hope the railroad could be resurrected.  I guess not.
   
  Ben Blevins
    
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