V&T Roadbed

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On Mon, Apr 27, 2020, at 7:57 AM Bud wrote:

> That was done circa 1890 and there was a lot of straightening (i.e.
> reducing curvature), grade reduction and double tracking.  All of this was
> due to moving coal that began in 1883.
>

Thanks for nailing down the date -- I knew I read somewhere (annual report,
book, ???) that the line between Christiansburg and Walton had been raised
out of the creek bottom and improved. Now I have a ballpark to work in.

Bruce in Blacksburg
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