1908 - Norfolk & Western May Now Use Belt Line

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This bill modified a law that prohibited railroads from building new 
rail lines within a certain distance of their existing lines. The N&W 
actually created two new companies to construct the Lynchburg Belt 
Line between Forest and Phoebe in an attempt to work around this law. 
One went from Forest to the Lynchburg and Durham line, the other from 
that point to Phoebe.

Construction of the Lynchburg Belt Line bypassed the portion of the 
original main line which ran into downtown Lynchburg in the James 
River valley. Once down by the river, trains would have steep climbs 
to come back out of the river basin.

Ron Davis

At 08:53 AM 3/1/2008, you wrote:

>Roanoke Times - March 1, 1908

>

>LEGISLATURE IS RUSHING MATTERS

>

>NORFOLK & WESTERN MAY NOW USE BELT LINE

>

>Makes It Possible for Railroads to Build, Lease and Operate Cut-Offs

>

>   Richmond, Va., Feb. 29 - Special - The bill allowing the Norfolk 

> & Western Railway to make use of the belt line it has built around 

> the city of Lynchburg was again called up in the senate. This is 

> the bill that makes it possible for a railroad to build, lease and 

> operate a cut off. It is general in its scope, but only affects at 

> this time the Norfolk & Western. The bill was amended and adopted 

> by a vote of twenty-two to eleven.

>

>-----------------------------------

>

>[This is cut from an article about items the State senate was 

>working on. Kind of vague what they are talking about here, but I 

>assume this refers back to the 2/28/1908 "WOULD BENEFIT N. & W. 

>RAILROAD" article]

>

>- Ron Davis, Roger Link

>

>

>

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