Boaz Pusher siding ( was Operations between Bluefield and Maybeury)

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On 8/1/07, Jeff wrote:

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> I would place the pusher siding at the point on the map beside the "N" in

> the "N and W" label just east of Vinton. The road that parallels Rt. 460 is

> King Street. The road which turns off of King St. and crosses the tracks is

> Berkley Rd. There used to be a dirt/gravel farm road that came off Berkley

> Rd. and paralleled the tracks eastward to the "honey hole" next to the

> siding (this can be seen as the broken lines on the map).

>


 The area on the map between the railroad and the creek from Berkley Road
east is now the Vinyard Soccer Complex. The road shown on the map is the
access road to a number of fields and a large parking lot (the road
continues as a private drive once beyond the last fields). Westbound trains
being held out by the signal down the track closer to Vinton stop next to
the soccer complex to avoid blocking the Berkley Road crossing. I'm not sure
how far up the line from the crossing the helping siding was located, but
the soccer complex provides trackside access (to a point) without having to
get on the tracks.

Bruce in Blacksburg
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