Pearisburg Photo Question

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I don't know the reasoning of that wide spaced ties either, however I had 
never noticed this before in images at this location. Checking with the VT 
N&W images at this locations does shows the wide spaced times in late steam 
days & early diesel days. The "N&W Steam in Color" August Thieme photo is 
dated 5/4/1957.

   In this one particular image, you can see that the "siding" ends at the 
base of the cliff where the photographer is standing.

http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/F1/NS3433.JPG

Other similar images:
  http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns1428.jpeg
  http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns1428.jpeg
  http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/F1/NS3432.JPG

Looking west towards the cliff:
  http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/F1/NS3432.JPG
  http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/NS2924.jpeg
  http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/NS2925.jpeg

These images looking railroad east are taken from atop the cliff where 
route 100 is located. Due to tree grow, a similar image today is pretty 
hard to get.

I have a large N&W publicity colorized version of this location with what 
appears to be a Y powered west bound freight. Framed print is labeled "A 
Norfolk & Western Fast Freight in Virginia". The siding is NOT in this 
print. Know if it didn't exist then, or was taken out via "photoshop".

- Roger Link


NW Mailing List wrote:

> At the top of page 95 in the new "N&W Steam in Color" book, there is a picture looking down on a Y class rounding a curve at Pearisburg, Va. There are three tracks in the picture. What is the track on the right, with its very very widely spaced ties used for?

> Jimmy Lisle

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