1907 - Want Right of Way Donated

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Does anyone know if this thing was ever built?  I can't think of a railway line between Bristol and Kingsport.  The Southern ran from Bristol southeast toward Johnson City, and the Clinchfield ran through Johnson City north through Kingsport.  The ET&WNC also connected at Johnson City and headed east through Elizabethton.  The VSW ran from Elizabethton north through Bristol toward Gate City.  
   
  I can't find or think of any RR that went from Bristol  to Kingsport.  Was it ever built or graded for?
   
  Ben Blevins
  

NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
  Roanoke Times - November 13, 1907

Want Right of Way Donated

Bristol, Va., Nov. 12 - Special - Farmers of Sullivan county, 
Tennessee will be asked to donate rights of way for the proposed 
Bristol and Kingsport railway a line of road that is badly needed 
through the county, and which would be of incalculable benefit to the 
numerous farmers who have for years been without a road which they 
could use in winter to bring their products to market. Surveys for 
the new road will made at once. Former Governor Cox, who is president 
of the company, is very much interested in the project and will use 
his best efforts to give the county a road without delay.

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- Ron Davis, Roger Link


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