Big Stoney RR (Potts Valley Branch)

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Has anyone done a decent map (hopefully in Google Earth) of the Big Stoney RR, the Interior & West Virginia RR and the Virginia & Potts Creek RR, all of which were collectively known as the N&W's Potts Valley Branch ? 



Anyone know how the branch was worked?  Probably with an engine and crew out of Narrows?  What classes of engines were used and where were they sent for boiler wash and maintenance (Radford?)?  One source says coal was available at Waiteville, but where were the water tanks? 



The fascinating part of the Big Stoney equation has to be the Tri-State [Lumber Co ?] operation around Waiteville.  Sources indicate the Tri-State line crossed Potts Mountain using geared engines plus an incline havine a whopping 50% grade! 



Can anyone send GPS coordinates for this incli ne?   I can't find it on the satellite imagery. And how about coordinates for the whopping Big Shepard Trestle on the Potts Valley Branch, 600' long and 100' high and made from 400,000 board feet of timber?  


-- abram burnett
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