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Ed,

  Depot looks fine due to the restoration and care by the Park folks. Tree
growth: What I was told is that they are apple trees (not natural to the
elevation) that resulted from passengers throwing their apple  cores out
the windows.
  This is a really busy location with the arrival of a steady stream of
vans hauling riders and towing trailers filled with bicycles up from
Damascus. Probably more people (of all ages) arrive by van at Whitetop in
one day than the railroad hauled in a year!
  As to the three tracks, next time we are up there I will check for
evidence of same.

Mike Pierry, Jr.

On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 2:54 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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>
> Mike -
>
> This depot looks pretty good – I haven’t seen it for upwards of 60 years.
>
> There are preety good-sized trees where the tracks used to be.  There was
> a siding on either side of the main at White Top, maybe the only place on
> the Branch that was as many as  three tracks wide.
>
> I appreciate your photos along the Bristol Line.
>
> - Ed King
> *From:* NW Mailing List
> *Sent:* Friday, October 18, 2019 7:38 PM
> *To:* NW Mailing List
> *Subject:* At the top
>
> Looking back at Whitetop Depot (restored) on the former Abingdon Branch
> just before crossing into North Carolina. Perfect October weather today.
>
> Mike Pierry, Jr.
>
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