Blue Paint?

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Dave,

The blue paint indicates the location of a blue flag mounted between the 
rails, or possibly the last point at which a car will clear an adjacent 
track and still allow a blue flag to be mounted.  I'm assuming these 
marks were in a yard of some sort?

Kenneth Rickman

NW Mailing List wrote:

> Listers,

> 

> Does any one know the significance of a patches of blue paint (approx 

> 8-12") on the sides of the rails?  A friend of mine asked the question 

> after seeing the paint on NS rails near the southside of Milford, OH.  

> For those of you familiar with the area it is on the track near the 

> WalMart along Roundbottom Road near Highway 50.  I believe this was part 

> of the old N&W that led to Portsmouth.  I have not been able to get down 

> the the site to see it for myself.  My friend thought that it may 

> indicate that the track was slated to be removed at that point.

> 

> Dave Moorehead

> Milford, OH


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