Saltville Branch

Tue Apr 18 16:32:32 EDT 2017

Tin Bridge nickname comes from the Civil War era when Confederate forces nailed sheets of tin over the wood structure of the bridge to deter Union troops from trying to burn the bridge down. Apparently it worked!

Gary P. Price

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> David?The rock around the area is a mixture of limestone with traces of iron and manganese. For formations that are visible i would suggest that you start with a base on your formations of a blueish/ black. ?Don't forget to splash with rust spots to show the iron.?
> Look up Trackside scenery on you tube Joey Ricard is very good and his videos are helpful. Dean Taylor?taylor at nwhs.org?
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> What color do the modelers use to replicate rock formations along the N & W?? Especially near Rural Retreat.? Any color photos would be appreciated.
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> David
> Try to get your hands on Bill McClannahan's Scenery book.? It gives very good color mixes for different rock colors.? Example brown sandstone is Cadmium Orange and Van Dyke Brown, either acrylic or oil.? I model the WV, Virginia area as well.? Good Sandstone and shale molds are available from Brogdon.
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> Observed this afternoon that the trestle near Plasterco on the Saltville
> Branch is still doing well. It carries the Salt Trail that Saltville
> created from Glade Spring to Saltville. (For some reason I never
> understood, my father-in-law and others in that area always referred to it
> as "Tin Bridge".)
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> That's a tight fit. 
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> It's hard to tell from the photo, but I assume that the bent in the center of the road has some form of collision protection?
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> Observed this afternoon that the trestle near Plasterco on the Saltville Branch is still doing well. It carries the Salt Trail that Saltville created from Glade Spring to Saltville. (For some reason I never understood, my father-in-law and others in that area always referred to it as "Tin Bridge".)
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