Big Stoney RR - Waitesville Incline

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The Hassinger Lbr Co of SW Virginia brought their equipment in by horse and
wagon. I've seen photos of other regional companies doing the same.

[image: Inline image 1]

Fred Waskiewicz



On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 9:15 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Gordon wrote:
>
> > I  long have had a question about the Tri State Lumber Co. operations in
> > Johns Creek Valley served by the narrow gauge incline railway over Potts
> > Mountain to Ray's Siding in Potts Creek Valley.  That is, how were the
> Shay
> > locomotive(s), c. 4 miles of narrow gauge track, log cars, and a saw mill
> > transported into the isolated Johns Creek Valley?
> >
> > All historical accounts seem to dodge this matter, but maybe that is
> because
> > there are no surviving records.
> >
> > Do you, or anyone else, have any info on this?
>
> There might be some tidbits in the extensive list of references in the
> journal article, but I haven't dug into them to know. When I was
> researching in the letter files about the construction of the Potts
> Valley line while the archives were here at Virginia Tech, I didn't
> run across any references to the Tri State Lumber Co., though that
> operation might have come after the line went into service. My notes
> end in 1910, with most of the correspondence I reviewed covering
> extension of the line to Potts Creek and dealings with the Virginia
> Iron, Coal & Coke Co.
>
> Bruce in Blacksburg
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