NRH&W (Wolf Creek line)

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Ben,

If you are asking about the N&W Narrows Branch that followed Wolf Creek from 
Giles County into Bland County, Virginia, the following may help.  It is an 
excerpt from my comment in a 1/2/08 posting on the Mailing List of a 5/21/03 
Bluefield Daily Telegraph article on this line:

This line was built as the standard-gauge New River, Holston and Western 
Railroad Co., and it had been extended in stages  from its connection with 
the N&W at Narrows, VA, to Rocky Gap, VA, 20.6 miles, when the N&W acquired 
the company in December 1912.  But, it continued to operate as the NRH&W, 
and was extended 14 miles to Suiter, VA. in 1914.  A 1915 schedule shows a 
passenger train each way the full length of the line.  On June 1, 1919, the 
NRH&W became the N&W's Narrows Branch, but it never reached Saltville.  In 
1942 the 4.13 miles between Suiter and Bastian was abandoned, and in 1946 
the remainder of the branch was abandoned.

Gordon Hamilton

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> Hello all.

> I was wondering if anyone can tell me when the Wolf Creek Line was

> abandoned and why?

>

> Thanks,

> Ben Blevins

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