Boaz siding

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On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Ron wrote:


>  Bruce,

>

> The location you point out on the map was the location of the Vinton

> station. I believe the track you are pointing out is the station track.

>

> The following link shows Boaz Pusher Siding was located at milepost N254

> which still stands today near the end of the parking lot.

>

>  http://www.nwhs.org/qna/photos/BoazSiding.jpg

>

> Looking at the site today, it is hard to imagine how a siding was located

> there. The track is located up on a fill and it does not seem wide enough

> to accommodate another track.

>


Thanks for the link, it does verify things. I just can't fathom how a
siding fit at that location unless there has been some trackwork since then
or that bank was cut back in the intervening years. But it is the little
things like this that make all of this so interesting.

Bruce in Blacksburg
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