Wharncliffe

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If I remember right, the connection to the C&O at Gilbert is severed, there is a shopping center there now, the bridge over the river does not connect to the N&W anymore, and IIRC the rails over the road were taken up too. I am not sure how close to Gilbert CSX even serves anymore.
-Troy Nolen, Tampa, FL.

---- NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote: 
> 
> Jim,
> 
> The Gilbert Branch is currently fully CTC from Wharncliffe to Gilbert, and
> connected to the CTC on the Guyandot River branch from Elmore to Gilbert.
> 
> While the connection to the C&O is out of service, the rails are still
> in (only technically so in spots) though to the north side of Gilbert.
> CSX still operates to a loadout just north of town, or as least still
> was within the last few years. 
> 
> Someone else will have to answer the historical questions.
> 
> Joe Shaw
> Christiansburg, VA
> http://www.krunk.org/
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