Old train pictures

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One main track between Walton and Bluff was removed about 1962-63.  The New 
River Bridge and Pepper (now known as "Cowan") Tunnel have always been 
single track.

Louis Newton

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> Message: 1

> Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 14:04:48 -0400

> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

> Subject: Re: old train pictures

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> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Jeff wrote:

>

>    Bruce et al -

>

>    That photo was taken at Pepper, and was shot from the Peppers Ferry

>    Road bridge.

>

>    http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=91920

>

>

> Jeff nailed the location with the archive photo, but opened up the floor

> for more questions. I buzzed down there after work on Monday to take

> advantage of the sun, especially shining from the west onto this

> location. It helped a little.

>

> The location is just east of what was Pepper station on the Radford

> Division, west of Walton Junction (see http://g.co/maps/as8b5). The

> photo Jeff provided and the one of the J with passenger cars was taken

> either from or just adjacent to the VA 114 overpass across the track(s)

> looking back east toward Walton.

>

> The two pictures I grabbed were from the cab of my pickup truck while

> sitting on the shoulder of 114, directly on the overpass. The trees have

> grown up both along the highway and the railroad embankment so that it

> would take a crew from /AxMen/ to be able to reproduce the archive

> photo. Note on the one photo (Pepper1.jpg) I have marked what I believe

> to the the rock outcropping that is above the engines in the archive

> photo and what I call the rock face (the flat area of rock) further back

> near the signal bridge. It would take a hike or winter with no leaves to

> confirm this, though. But I do believe the location can be confirmed as

> Pepper, MP N-304.

>

> Now, the questions: When was the westbound track removed? Did it extend

> all the way to Cowan or did it end at Bluff before the bridge across the

> New River and into Cowan Tunnel? Jeff's photo isn't dated, so that

> doesn't help. But that is the fun of this, one solved mystery leads to

> another one to solve.

>

> Bruce in Blacksburg

>

> Moderator:

> See images at:

> http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=219

> http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=218

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> Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 15:00:12 -0400 (EDT)

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> Does anyone remember the diesel?

>

> David L.  Hall

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>

> In a message dated 5/1/2012 1:05:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

>

> On Mon,  Apr 30, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Jeff wrote:

>

>

> Bruce et al -

>

> That  photo was taken at Pepper, and was shot from the Peppers Ferry Road

> bridge.

>

> _http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=91920_

> (http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=91920)

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Jeff nailed the location with the archive photo, but opened up the floor

> for more questions. I buzzed down there after work on Monday to take

> advantage  of the sun, especially shining from the west onto this 

> location. It

> helped a  little.

>

>

> The location is just east of what was Pepper station on the Radford

> Division, west of Walton Junction (see _http://g.co/maps/as8b5_

> (http://g.co/maps/as8b5) ). The photo Jeff  provided and the one of the J 

> with passenger cars

> was taken either from or  just adjacent to the VA 114 overpass across the

> track(s) looking back east  toward Walton.

>

>

> The two pictures I grabbed were from the cab of my pickup truck while

> sitting on the shoulder of 114, directly on the overpass. The trees have 

> grown

> up both along the highway and the railroad embankment so that it would 

> take

> a  crew from AxMen to be able to reproduce the archive photo. Note on  the

> one photo (Pepper1.jpg) I have marked what I believe to the the rock

> outcropping that is above the engines in the archive photo and what I call 

> the

> rock face (the flat area of rock) further back near the signal bridge. It

> would take a hike or winter with no leaves to confirm this, though. But I 

> do

> believe the location can be confirmed as Pepper, MP N-304.

>

>

> Now, the questions: When was the westbound track removed? Did it extend

> all the way to Cowan or did it end at Bluff before the bridge across the 

> New

> River and into Cowan Tunnel? Jeff's photo isn't dated, so that doesn't 

> help.

> But that is the fun of this, one solved mystery leads to another one to

> solve.

>

>

> Bruce in Blacksburg

>

> Moderator:

> See images at:

> _http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=219_

> (http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=219)

> _http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=218_

> (http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=218)

>

>

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> Message: 3

> Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 20:37:22 -0400

> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

> Subject: Fall Excursions?

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> First of all, Hello. I just joined the list and this is my first post 

> here.

>

> I suppose that there are quite a few of you that are members of the 

> Roanoke chapter NRHS, I am just wondering if you guys are planning more 

> fall excursions this year?

>

> Thanks

>

> Jeremy Harris

> Glade Spring, VA

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> Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 6:49:18 -0400

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> Subject: Re: Fall Excursions?

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> Jeremy,

> The Roanoke Chapter NRHS Fall Excursions this year will be Veterans Day 

> weekend and honor all veterans. Saturday November 10 we will go down the 

> old Virginian to the Hurt Connection and on to Spencer and the NC Museum 

> of Transportation and return to Roanoke after about 3 hours in Spencer 

> with a Bar-B-Q lunch in the old Southern Roundhouse. On Sunday we will 

> travel up the Shenandoah Division to Shenandoah with an extra leg for the 

> locals up past Shenandoah about 25 miles. There will be lunch and a 3 hour 

> layover in Shenandoah with many activities there before returning to 

> Roanoke. Look for full details on the Roanoke Chapter NRHS website.

> Skip Salmon

> ---- NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

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> First of all, Hello. I just joined the list and this is my first post 

> here.

>

> I suppose that there are quite a few of you that are members of the 

> Roanoke chapter NRHS, I am just wondering if you guys are planning more 

> fall excursions this year?

>

> Thanks

>

> Jeremy Harris

> Glade Spring, VA

>

> --

> SKIP SALMON

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