Arthur VA near Elliston

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I've never noticed this before and am very interested in learning more about 
it.  The oldest topographical map I could find for the area was 1937 and the 
tracks were shown on the current alignment.

Jeff Hawkins



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> All,

> I have a question I would like to pose to those who know.

>

> There is an alternate alignment on the Christiansburg grade at Arthur.

> I have walked this grade, and it is a very old grade.  My question

> is, is this the remains of an old shoofly track, or is it the original

> alignment?

>

> I don't see where a shoofly track would have ever been necessary, as

> the cut it bypasses isn't really that high in the first place, but it

> is long.  But, I could be wrong.  The main reason I question it is

> because the old grade is built very substantial in my opinion, and

> doesn't look like something temporary the way the Shawsville shoofly

> grade does.

>

> If it is the original alignment, then when was the new alignment built?

>

> I've attached a screenshot of Google Earth showing it.  Keep in mind,

> this is Arthur, not Shawsville.

>

> Thanks,

> Ben Blevins

>



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