Balloon track near Dwight

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Dave Willis wrote:

> A 1920 map shows a balloon track near Dwight Va., ( just east of Zuni )

> pointed south-east down the 'racetrack' appearing to be anchored onto a

> passing siding.

> Anyone have any information about it, how or why it was used?


An identical track appears at Vicker in topos from the same era.
At Vicker it was a coaling station, where the ballon tracks went
over the main tracks on a timber trestle. Coal was unloaded
directly from the hoppers.  Presumably the same setup down east.

Joe Shaw
Blacksburg, VA
http://www.krunk.org/