[N&W] Re: Dry Gulch Junction

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The junction was open as late as 1980.  A club I got involved with in 1980
made a trip there.  It shut down all of a sudden
Bob Riffe
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They wouldn't let you come back, Charlie?

EdKing

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 > GP,
 > I don't know disposition of the equipment but I do have at least a dozen
 > color slides of the operation. Will post on a website pending scanning. I
 > enjoyed my single trip to the Junction.
 > Charlie long
 > Lynchburg, VA
 >
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 > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 8:30 PM
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 > Subject: Dry Gulch Junction
 >
 > As a child, my family would take me to the Dry Gulch Junction theme park
 > located near Whytheville, Virginia, I remember riding behind shay #19, but
 > there was also a hiesler on property as well as a rod engine that set on
 > the siding at Wytheville that was never transported to the park. Does
 > anyone have info on the history of these locomotives as well as their
 > disposition. the park closed in the 70's and I am sure that these
 > locomotives are still in existance, and probally traveled via-N & W to
 > their new destinations. Thanks
 > GP35
 >
 > Gary Price at gpprice_nsc at yahoo.com
 >