VGN's Morri Branch

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Tim

Perhaps it was the Beards Fork Branch.

I am not an expert on the VGN either.  Perhaps I should have listened a 
little closer to my Yard Master in Roanoke, Carl Bowman.   As a 19 year 
old kid I worked with him and heard many long forgotten tales of the VGN.

Jim Blackstock

On 12/5/2024 1:22 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm no VGN expert, but was the Morri Branch not serviced by mine run 
> shifters out of Page, rather than Elmore? If not, what was the name of 
> that short branch that climbed steep north just beyond the west end of 
> Page?
>
> Tim Hensley
>
> On Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 11:16:39 AM EST, NW Mailing List via 
> NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> For help with my Morri Branch distress, thanks to the Hon. Mr. Chris 
> Daltonius, to Attorney Jerome Kayzhinsky, to the ever-gracious Mr. 
> James Hall, Grand Duke of Rural Hall, and to Admiral James Blackstock, 
> Comondante of the Smith Mountain Fleet pf Tugboats and Ferries. To all 
> who joined our Patreon and faxed in donations to enable the research, 
> tax receipts will be sent out shortly...
>
> As time permits (and as age allows,) I will be chipping away at 
> creating a map in the Google Earth program, identifying the VGN New 
> River Division Branches. We now have digital access to copies of all 
> 250,000 USGS Topo Maps which were created over the years, beginning in 
> the late 1880s, The rights-of-way are still visible in the satellite 
> imagery, and LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is helpful in finding 
> some of the early tracks which are now covered by vegetation. So, I 
> think we can figure out most of the branch line identifications.
>
> If someone could find a copy of the VGN's periodically published List 
> of Official List of Officers, Agents and Stations, that would be the 
> cat's meow for identifying the lines.
>
> But beyond just a good map, it would be EXTREMELY helpful for 
> posterity to compile a description of how the VGN operated this 
> territory. E.g. how often service was provided on the branches; the 
> number of mine run crews operated each day out of Elmore, and where 
> they went; the average number of loads coming off the branches per 
> day; the location of run-around tracks and whether empties were pulled 
> or shoved to the end of the branches; where Mallet engines could work, 
> and where they were restricted; where the water tanks were located; 
> agency functions and where/how was waybilling done; which branches 
> were operated by Time Table and Train Orders, and which were operated 
> by some other means (such as a Train-on-Branch signal, Register 
> Rights, or just old timey "smoke signals.") But all this is beyond my 
> reach out here on the Turnip Reservation, and someone local to the 
> area would need to work it up.
>
> Stay warm. The Snow, she be a' comin' !
>
> -- abram burnett
> Amalgamated Order of Turnip Patch Workers, AFL-CIO
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