Fairlawn - Schooler Question

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On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 7:01 PM abram wrote:

> Another thing it would be nice to determine is where the new alignment (to
> Cowan) and the old alignment (to Fairlawn) met at or near Belspring.
>
> Studying the satellite imagery, it appears the the old and new alignments
> could have met about anywhere along a distance of approximately 3700 feet
> between present Belspring and present Parrott.
>

>From a view on the ground several years ago with an astute collection of
gentlemen, it was pretty much determined that the original line and new
line came together right around 37.205623, -80.611059 give or take.
Crosstie Lane was roughly the route of the line toward the long trestle
over the Back Creek bottom to connect with Va. 600 and the climb up to
Schooler. See https://nwhistory.info/locations/OldMainLine/index.php for
more info.

Bruce in Blacksburg
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