Pearisburg Photo Question

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It is possible that it was just a quicky extension of an existing siding. It is common practice on todays railroad to throw together an extension with as few ties utilized as possible when the siding needs to be lengthened to house M-O-W trains or one time shipments.
   
  Gary Price

NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
  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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