East Radford bridge

[NW Mailing List]

Ray,

The tie plant had moved to Salem by the time I showed up at Tech, but I 
gather it was adjacent to Radford Yard. Also, I vaguely recall that the 
bridge you reference was an odd story. Maybe, it was never put into 
service (?!) to a plant that was never finished or never required rail 
service?

Bud? Bruce?

Grant Carpenter

On 7/10/2023 4:01 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
> Craig,
>
> The bridge you reference goes across the New River to what, I believe, 
> was a tie plant. The Miles line departed the main line in West Radford 
> about two miles west of the abandoned bridge and stayed on the south 
> east side of the New River. The abandoned bridge is now being 
> considered for a bike and hiking trail to connect the Herons Landing 
> community and Virginia Tech River Course with Radford and Radford 
> University.
>
> Ray Smoot
>
> *From:*NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org> *On Behalf 
> Of *NW Mailing List
> *Sent:* Monday, July 10, 2023 4:18 PM
> *To:* 'NW Mailing List' <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> *Subject:* RE: location - Miles Landing (was Christiansburg Middle Track)
>
> Is that the abandoned railroad bridge in east Radford at the sharp 
> bend of the new around the golf course?
>
> Craig Close   BORHS/C&A Live Steam/FoGFLP/HFRHS
>
> Balimer Merlan
>
> OK: Far West Catonsville
>
> Or: Greater Oella
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20230710/915f3d6f/attachment-0001.htm>