Monroe, VA

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I read somewhere that Monroe, VA had a coaling tower and other
facilities, but I was unable to find any trace of them several years
ago.  Is there nothing left to find, or was I in the wrong location?  I
think I was down in the Cedar Gate Road area.
 
J. Kelling


>>> NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 10/28/2007 6:11 PM >>>


Gary:
 
My resource material is at home and I'm on the road, so I can only give
you an overview.  Others will I'm sure fill in the details.
 
This line is of course the former Washington-Atlanta main line of  the
Southern Railway.  In days gone by it was all double track but  now
mostly single track with passing sidings in the area you'll traverse. 
In addition to the trains via Greensboro and Charlotte, trains via
Lynchburg, Roanoke, and Bristol used this line as far south as
Lynchburg, where they switched to the N&W.  Monroe, VA, north of
Lynchburg, was the northern end of the division that began in Spencer
and also the actual engine change location between N&W and Southern
power for the trains via Bristol.
 
This line can lay claim to being truly "fabled in story and song," as
it's the route chronicled in the song "Wreck of the Old 97". 
http://www.blueridgeinstitute.org/ballads/old97song.html  (Until I
researched this web site I didn't know there were ten verses; I'd only
heard verses three through six and ten before!)  Reciting (or singing if
you're up to it) the lyrics as you traverse the locations mentioned in
the song might be entertaining for your patrons.
 
Dave Phelps
 
  In a message dated 10/28/2007 12:37:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
Gentlemen
 
This weekend I will be participating in the Spencer-Charlottesville
Autumn Leaf Special, and I will be working the Northern Pacific dome
car, BUT, I have never really been around this particular line. I was
hoping that some of you would please email me a brief history of the
line, along with some points of interest so I can help the passengers
enjoy the trip even more.
 
email me at:  nsheavyduty at yahoo.com
 
Thanks,
 
Gary Price

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