Line south of Roanoke

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Don C:
It's been a few years.  Perhaps by now the movement has dissipated. 
I came across a unit grain train on the Whitethorne District and using NS's  
computer
determined that it was a shipment from A.E.Staley to Liberty, NC (on
Southern's Greensboro-Sanford line -- the old A&Y).  It was  quite  
enlightening
to find that the route beyond Roanoke was the "Punkin Vine" to Winston,  
former
Southern's "K" line Winston to Pomona (Greensboro), then to  destination on
the "CF" line.   Southbound, the grade over White Oak Mountain is  far 
superior than
those on the "Punkin Vine".  It's also twelve miles (+ or -) longer to  move 
the train via
Winston.  Why, then, would NS route the movement thru Winston  ?
                                                                              
   Harry Bundy
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