Mackey's Ferry, North Carolina, on the N&W ?

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Abram,

If you are keen for peanuts, Mackey’s Ferry would be your stop on the way
to the Outer Banks.

Mike Pierry, Jr.

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 10:19 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Railroad Gazette, vol. 39, page 24, July 7, 1905:
>
>
> >>  On May 19, 1905, a Norfolk & Western mixed train was derailed at a
> misplaced switch and the engine and two freight cars were wrecked.  A
> brakeman was killed and several other persons were injured. <<
>
>
> I have never heard of Mackey's Ferry, NC, on the N&W.
>
>
> This could not have been on the Virginia-Carolina Ry (the Abingdon
> Branch,) as that was not yet finished to Todd, NC in 1905.  And the North
> Carolina Branch never made it to North Carolina, and therefore it could not
> have been on that branch.
>
>
> So was this on either the Lynchburg & Durham or the Roanoke & Southern.
>
>
> WHERE was Mackey's Ferry ?
>
>
> JOB ASSIGNMENTS:
>
>
> Mr. BLACKSTOCK - You find the Engine number.
>
>
> Mr. DUNCAN - I want to ship a load of iced turnips to Mackey's Ferry.
> Please get me a rate per cwt. and prepare a waybill.
>
>
> Mr. BUNDY - You supervise Messrs. Blackstock and Duncan and make sure they
> do not pull any of their usual and customary shenanigans.
>
>
> -- abram burnett
>
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