Radford and Shenandoah Divisions

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LOL yes indeed.. it is FRIES in the summer and FREEZE in the winter. Any of us locals could have told you that.  I love walking the trail that runs on the old right of way.... hae a small collection of spikes and plates picked up along there from when they ripped out the rails and ties nearly 20 years ago now...

Bob Welsh
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  Subject: Re: Radford and Shenandoah Divisions


  In November, 1970, I made the Radford-Galax  run. Coming back to Radford,
  the train stopped at Fries Junction and went light to Fries to pick up an
  empty system hopper at a textile plant.  An 11-mile round trip at yard speed
  and on overtime.  Do the economics.  When I got back to Roanoke, the
  boss wanted a report (he'd been a trainmaster on the Radford Division in
  the late 40's).  I told him we'd gone to Fries (as in French fries) to pick up an
  empty.  "No!  No!  No!" he shrieked.  "It's fries in the summer and freeze in
  the winter."

  Meadow View -- one of the few places I've seen a signal placed not in accord-
  ace with (then) Rule 337 - "Signals are located over or at the right of the track
  they govern . . . .unless otherwise provided."   At Meadow View, the eastward
  signal was on the left side of the track.  Had it been located on the right side
  of the track, that coal trestle may have affected the ability of a crew to view the
  signal.
                                                      Harry Bundy


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