Quid Cloverdale Branch ?

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AB and all:
I would like to inject into this discussion, before we get too far, is the BRAND NEW (or nearly), Roanoke Cement covered hoppers seen at varoius concrete product manufacturers.
Charlie Long

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>Subject: Quid Cloverdale Branch ?

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>What is the Cloverdale Branch being used for these days?

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>As I recall, the railroad had a 20 or 25 year contractual lock on all traffic originating from the Lone Star mill at the end of the branch, and after that period lapsed almost all the traffic went to trucks.

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>What's keeping the Cloverdale Branch on the map these days?

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>Also, I never figured out why the branch was constructed in the first place...  It was there before Lone Star was built sometime around 1950, wasn't it?

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>-- abramo