North Carolina Branch (Pulaski to Galax/Fries)

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Lessee, the reasons I've heard were bad roads and lack of rail traffic 
frequency.
The same applies to the connecting Bristol line itself. Why spend half a day 
waiting for a train on a single-track line when the busy N&W main wasn't all 
that far away, with a lot more chances to score.
The Abingdon branch had passenger service fairly late and was thus quite 
well-covered, even though few seemed to have photographed the mixed trains 
on the main between Bristol and Abingdon (save for 1 photo in the new 
Morning Sun book).
My $.02.
Now, if we can ever get the collected works of Ed King on page and to the 
printers...

Andre Jackson and/or Lisa Burrows
Life is short; update your anti-virus software
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Subject: North Carolina Branch (Pulaski to Galax/Fries)



> Why does there seem (at least to me) to be such a dearth of photos and 

> other

> information of the North Carolina branch (which the roadbed is now the New

> River Trail). Winston Link never seemed to have visited the area, or 

> anybody

> else that I know of. Munsey Webb's Norfolk and Western Railway Company 

> North

> Carolina Branch (1995) is a great source of info., but I'm surprised that 

> it

> appears to be the only source of such photos and other info. This is such 

> a

> beautiful and interesting branch line, I'm surprised it wasn't visited and

> photographed more as we neared the end of steam. Any thoughts about this?

> Are there any other sources of good info regarding the North Carolina

> Branch?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Mike Weeks

> Charlotte NC

>

>

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