Affiliated Short LInes

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THANKS FOR THE INFO AND MAP MIKE.



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Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: Affiliated Short LInes



> Thanks, Mike. A definite side trip from Damascus probably in the spring.

> Charlie Long

>

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

>>Sent: Dec 5, 2007 7:30 PM

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

>>Subject: Re: Affiliated Short LInes

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>>Best to approach the Tunnel site from the Virginia side via Damascus. Map

>>attached.

>>- Mike Pierry, Jr.

>>

>>On Dec 5, 2007 4:54 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>>

>>>  Where is this spot on Hwy 133 in TN ?? To unusual to not look it up 

>>> when

>>> traveling in that region.

>>> Thanks in advance for the info.

>>>

>>>     OAKIE G. FORD

>>>     IRONTON, OH

>>>

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

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

>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 05, 2007 7:48 AM

>>> *Subject:* RE: Affiliated Short LInes

>>>

>>> Ed:

>>> Nice article in Trains.

>>>

>>> George Weber

>>>

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>>> nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] *On Behalf Of *NW Mailing List

>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 04, 2007 11:40 PM

>>> *To:* NW Mailing List

>>> *Subject:* Re: Affiliated Short LInes

>>>

>>>  What Picture?

>>>

>>> EdKing

>>>

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

>>> *To:* N&W Mailing 1List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 04, 2007 8:59 PM

>>> *Subject:* Affiliated Short LInes

>>>

>>> Some recent mention of the Marion and Rye Valley RR on the Mailing List

>>> induced me to sent this message for whatever interest it may have to 

>>> someone

>>> who doesn't know about these items already.

>>>

>>> In the course of looking through N&W Ry. Annual Reports (available on a 

>>> CD

>>> through the NWHS Commissary) I found it interesting that the N&W had

>>> invested in a couple of Southwest Virginia short lines thru bond 

>>> ownership,

>>> i. e., the Marion and Rye Valley RR, which connected to the N&W's 

>>> Bristol

>>> line at Marion, VA, and the Beaver Dam RR, which connected to the N&W's

>>> Abingdon Branch through an N&W branch out of Damascus, VA.

>>>

>>> The attached picture of a Beaver Dam RR tunnel through Backbone Rock now

>>> used by Tennessee Highway 133 is interesting.  The story is that after 

>>> the

>>> tunnel was completed and the track laid, it was discovered that the

>>> locomotive's smokestack would not clear the roof of the tunnel, so the 

>>> roof

>>> had to be hand chiseled for clearance.  The result seems to be evident 

>>> in

>>> the picture.

>>>

>>> Gordon Hamilton

>>>

>>>

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