NRH&W (Wolf Creek line)

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Gentlemen,
Yes, I'm referring to the Narrows Branch.  I have been reporting to
Narrows for the last month or so.  To get there, I've been travelling
Virginia highway 61, which appears to me to have been built right over
top of the railroad grade.

So, was this line destined to be built to Saltville?  That is
certainly possible as it is on the other end of that valley.  I also
remember reading in a post not too long ago that they were headed for
Sharon Springs, Ceres, and possibly Bland.  Of course, Bland was not
on the way to Sharon Springs so I don't know how they wanted to route
it.

Was there a mine at Suiter?  What was their source of revenue?  Any stations?

Ben Blevins


On 9/7/09, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> 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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