Mallet Engines on the Saltville Branch - When?

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The Saltville Branch was/is between Glade Spring, VA and Saltville, VA.  It
was 9.5 miles in length and had stations listed at Litz, Plasterco, and
Saltville.  It left the Bristol-Walton mainline (the Pulaski District of the
Radford Division of the N&W) at MP-346.6 (app. 28 miles east of Bristol);
Glade Spring, VA.

The North Carolina Branch of the N&W left the Radford Division's Pulaski
District at Dora Jct (just East of Pulaski, VA) at MP-311.1 (app. 91 miles
east of Bristol).  The North Carolina Branch went ~52 miles to Galax, VA
with many branches (over the years all were abandoned except the line to the
Textile Mill at Fries, VA; prior to the North Carolina Branch as a whole
being abandoned in the 1970's).  Most of the branches went to Iron Ore mines
long since abandoned.

Ed Painter from Narrows, VA (living in Chattanooga, TN and moving to
Russellville, Arkansas this week)

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Gotcha Ed. Sorry didn't mean to sound like I needed to cool it, I was just
confused. Was the Saltville Branch a branch OFF the NC branch or another
branch altogether?

Thanks for all the info.....

Bob Welsh

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> Cool it, Bob.  The Saltville Branch did not run from Pulaski to Galax.  It
> ran from Glade Spring to Saltville.  The North Carolina Branch ran from
> Pulaski to Galax.  On the North Carolina Branch, engines were, indeed,
> turned at Fries Junction so they could run forward on the return trip.
The
> Saltville Branch was much shorter, and engines could back up from Glade
> Spring to Saltville and run forward on the return trip.
>
> Remember:  North Carolina Branch - Pulaski to Galax.
>
> Saltville Branch - Glade Spring to Saltville.
>
> Ed King
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> > Hmmm okay. So we have one person who worked for the N&W for many years
who
> > recollects they backed all the way to Pulaski from Galax, and another
who
> > also worked for the N&W on the Galax line itself for many years who
> > recollects the Y's were turned at the wye at Fries Junction......
> > Anyone else have any sort of answer?
> >
> > Bob Welsh
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> > > As for turning, Uncle Ed King told me once, probably twice, that the
Y's
> > > weren't turned. They went forward one way, and backed up on the
reverse
> > > trip.
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