Mackey's Ferry, North Carolina, on the N&W ?

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A little history of Mackey's Ferry on the old NS railroad:

http://www.norfolksouthernhs.org/NORFOLK%20&%20SOUTHERN%20RAILROAD%20AT%20MACKEYS%20FERRY.pdf

Mike Weeks
Seattle

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 12:54 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Further research on Google and a NC road map shows existing CLNA (spin off
> of the Norfolk Southern Thoroughbred System) tracks going through nearby
> Plymouth and street view shows the Southern Bank in what appears to be a
> former railroad depot/station.
>
> Mike Pierry, Jr.
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 11:29 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Abram,
>>
>> If you are keen for peanuts, Mackey’s Ferry would be your stop on the way
>> to the Outer Banks.
>>
>> Mike Pierry, Jr.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 10:19 AM NW Mailing List <
>> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Railroad Gazette, vol. 39, page 24, July 7, 1905:
>>>
>>>
>>> >>  On May 19, 1905, a Norfolk & Western mixed train was derailed at a
>>> misplaced switch and the engine and two freight cars were wrecked.  A
>>> brakeman was killed and several other persons were injured. <<
>>>
>>>
>>> I have never heard of Mackey's Ferry, NC, on the N&W.
>>>
>>>
>>> This could not have been on the Virginia-Carolina Ry (the Abingdon
>>> Branch,) as that was not yet finished to Todd, NC in 1905.  And the North
>>> Carolina Branch never made it to North Carolina, and therefore it could not
>>> have been on that branch.
>>>
>>>
>>> So was this on either the Lynchburg & Durham or the Roanoke & Southern.
>>>
>>>
>>> WHERE was Mackey's Ferry ?
>>>
>>>
>>> JOB ASSIGNMENTS:
>>>
>>>
>>> Mr. BLACKSTOCK - You find the Engine number.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mr. DUNCAN - I want to ship a load of iced turnips to Mackey's Ferry.
>>> Please get me a rate per cwt. and prepare a waybill.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mr. BUNDY - You supervise Messrs. Blackstock and Duncan and make sure
>>> they do not pull any of their usual and customary shenanigans.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- abram burnett
>>>
>>>
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