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Bruce,
 

All I can say is Wow!
 
Spec is just a mile or two north of Lithia, VA. The building in the  
foreground was the canning factory and the building still stands!. There used to  be 
about five little company houses at Spec. The old Fringer store building  still 
exist just a few hundred yards north of this site as well. The building on  
the right is very visible from Rt. 640 on the east side. They have  recently 
logged in the area so there may be more to see when the vegetation dies  down 
this fall.
 
About 20 years ago there was a major derailment of a bunch of cement  hoppers 
and a caboose that made a mad dash down the mountain without brakes. It  made 
one huge pile of limestone and scrap metal within sight of this  photo.
 
Thanks,
 
Richard D. Shell
Troutville, VA







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