Appreciation Run

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This is probably the trip on the branch from the NRHS Convention held 
at Bristol in 1960. I don't have an actual schedule at hand but the 
conventions were normally held Labor Day weekend in that era.

Ken Miller

On Jun 26, 2006, at 9:12 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> Anyone want to advise the exact date for this image. My negative files 

> say Aug., 1960 but I am not sure. At any rate, units 501 and 506 are 

> making a celebratory run on the Saltville - Glade Spring branch and 

> are crossing the trestle south of Plasterco.

>

> This is the new "battleground" for those opposed to Saltville's making 

> it into a hiking/biking trail. (The rails have now been removed and 

> the ties are following.)

>

> Mike Pierry, Jr.

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