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

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Will have to dig further to answer this but as to trains to the Outer Banks
here Is the record of Wilber Wright as he took the “Flyer” to Kitty Hawk.

On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, a Norfolk & Southern Railroad train
departed Norfolk at 4:10 P.M. and arrived in Elizabeth City, North
Carolina, at 6:00 P.M. Either Wilbur was a bit off on the time, or he took
the next train."At 4:30 left for Eliz. City and put up at Arlington [Hotel]
where I spent several days waiting for a boat to Kitty Hawk. Nobody seemed
to know anything about the place. At last on Tuesday I left." (Papers, pg.
24)
He then ferried across the Sound to Kitty Hawk.

Mike Pierry, Jr.

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 4:39 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
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> ​How close did the train go to the OBX?  I've seen tracks in Plymouth, but
> I don't remember seeing any tracks further east.  I used to live on the OBX.
>
>
> Jack Fletcher
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> Further research on Google and a NC road map shows existing CLNA (spin off
> of the Norfolk Southern Thoroughbred System) tracks going through nearby
> Plymouth and street view shows the Southern Bank in what appears to be a
> former railroad depot/station.
>
> Mike Pierry, Jr.
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 11:29 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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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:
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>>> 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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