Y out of Saltvile.

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Mike,I was born and raised in Abingdon and my father James Walter Woolwine
worked the Saltville branch several years as the engineer.He retired in
1958 as the engineer on the "pea-vine"traveling from Abingdon To
Westchester NC.He was with the N&W for 55 years.God Bless,Sam Woolwine.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 5:24 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> Ed,
>
> Having married a Saltville girl in 1956, I began my on-going visits to
> that friendly spot just as steam was going away. Never saw a Y in action
> and to this day have a hard time visualizing one of those huge Mallets
> coming and going on the branch from Glade Spring. My father-in-law was the
> foundry foreman at the Olin plant and so had responsibilities for the
> upkeep of their ex-NW No. 11 which I did photograph on it's retirement day.
> Many have been critical of the town's councilmen for not insisting that
> the railroad restore the grade and relay new tracks after the big sink hole
> developed in Plasterco at the south end of Saltville so that new industry
> could be lured by rail service. But that was not to be and those heavy
> shipments of chemicals from Olin, and plasterboard from US Gypsum, went out
> on trucks until those plants were dismantled. Of course it has to be said
> that the heavy hand of the EPA was involved and changed the town's
> future dramatically.
>
> Mike Pierry, Jr.
>
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