Cripple Ceek Extension

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A map showing the proposed route of the North Carolina Extension south to 
the Virginia-North Carolina state line is shown in Rails Remembered, Volume 
3, on pages 612-613.

Louis Newton

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> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Andy wrote:

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> WOW!!!! Do you have anymore OLD NC branch trackcharts? Perferably Gossan 

> branch, Reed Island br,   and the Lineberry br???

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> Scanned and posted here: 

> http://www.brucebharper.info/nwrwy/NCBranchCharts.html the full set that I 

> have, that includes the Reed Island Branch and Gossan Mine Spur. The page 

> is also linked from the Cripple Creek page at 

> http://www.brucebharper.info/nwrwy/CrippleCreek.html

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> Bruce in Blacksburg

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> Maybe you noticed; maybe you didn't, but the track chart showing Galax and 

> MP 52 has three

> additional un-numbered mile post and a notation "no track on this right of 

> way", but it does

> show degree of curvature.  The Radford Division track charts into the 70's 

> continued to show

> the mile posts beyond MP 52.

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> Louis Newton's book, Rails Remembered  (Volume 2, I think), shows the 

> proposed route to

> connect near Lambsburg.  It would have crossed I-77 between MP 3 and MP 4.

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> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:27:25 -0500

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> They went from the crossings to laying "78"s in the sharper curves.

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> EdKing

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> One Magazine article that I do remember reading told how the N&W was 

> welding two 39-foot rails into 78-foot rails to eliminate one-half of the 

> joints.  I think this was probably preliminary to the first installation 

> of longer strings of welded rail.

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> Gordon Hamilton

>  Many roads installed 78-foot sections in road crossings to avoid 

> "pumping" caused

>  by vehicular traffic.  The 78-foot sections were usually "field" welded 

> on the spot.

>                                                                  Harry 

> Bundy

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> Even though the video in a depiction of the "mouse that roared", it's a 

> good thing to again hear that sound in the mountains. Thank you for making 

> it available.

> Gene A.

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>  Any members interested in hearing  some N&W  hootering.  New Hope Valley 

> Railway

>  at  Bonsal,NC  will be running the whistle from  Y6b 2173 the next  two 

> weekends on

>  their Santa Claus Trains.

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>  Larry Evans

>  Kenova, WV

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