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The Old Main Line diverted from the present line a mile east of

Concord at Phoebe.  Can't say that it was four-laneing US 460 

that resulted in the abandonment of the Old Main Line.  The OML

was abandoned in segments.  There was a quarry east of the James

River that N&W served well into the 70's.   Eventually, the line

was abandoned from the quarry to Island Yard.  Incidentally, had

the C&O/N&W merger been fulfilled, there was a planned connection

from the C&O at James to the N&W so that coal could be directed

to Lamberts Point.  The abandoned line was visible from US 460,

but barely a trace remains.  The N&W crossed US 460 jut east of

Moody Moving & Storage at Concord.  Harry Bundy 



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