Arthur VA near Elliston

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Harry,

I'm glad that you made your post refering to the N&W Annual Reports because I have always been confused by the numbering of tunnels mentioned in these annual reports.  For instance if the tunnel west of Shawsville were Tunnel No. 4 as you quote from the annual reports, it seems as though the tunnel east of Shawsville would be Tunnel No. 3 and the Lynchburg tunnel would certainly be Tunnel No. 1, but where was Tunnel No. 2?  I have traced the old topo maps from Lynchburg to Shawsville without finding any tunnels other than the above.

Also, assuming that Tunnel No. 5 was "Big Tunnel," or present-day Montgomery Tunnel, I have had trouble coming up with the six tunnels between Tunnel No. 5 and Tunnel No. 12 at Wills that you quote from the annual reports.

Anybody have the solution(s) to the tunnel numbering conundrum?

Gordon Hamilton

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There is an alternate alignment on the Christiansburg grade at Arthur.
 I have walked this grade, and it is a very old grade.  My question
is, is this the remains of an old shoofly track, or is it the original
alignment?
Ben:
Following is an excerpt from the 5th Annual Report for fiscal year
ending 6/30/1901:

"Tunnel No. 4, west of Shawsville, which was 150 feet long, and
Tunnel No. 12, hear Willis, which was 90 feet long, have been
converted into double-track open cuts."
                                                                     Harry Bundy
 


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