Wasena Bridge over the VGN and the 10th street bridge over the N&W

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Jimmy

Those steps or whats left are still there.  They are blocked off by a 
couple boards and perhaps a no trespassing sign. When I worked on the 
South yard in the early 60's they were still used to a limited extend.  
They went down to the old scale house and one time operators office and 
yard office.  About the only use in my time was by the car inspector 
and  the west end switch crew.  I was only in that building a couple of 
times when I was working as the the yard clerk.

I had an interesting experience one night when I went in to use the 
phone at the scale house to call the yard master, Carl Bowman.  I 
reached for the light switch and no lights.  I knew where the desk and 
phone was so - no problem.??  It turned out I was not the only one in 
that building. Someone got up from the back of the room out the door and 
ran east in the yard faster than No. 4 headed to the station.  I just 
knew the police wanted the guy for murder or something serious.

Anyway, Carl thought he knew who it was.  I was not too sure so I went 
back to the office I had an empty track on either side of my route.  No 
surprises that way.

Jim Blackstock


On 9/8/2020 3:02 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> Wasena For Sale!
> From the Roanoke Times,
>
>
> My cousin lived on Wasena Ave., the second house up on the right from 
> Main St.  On summer nights I would spend the night over there and 
> could more than plainly hear the slack run in & out as the crews were 
> switching cars in South Yard. If I am not mistaken, there were steps 
> from the street going down to the tracks on the north side of the tracks.
>
> Jimmy Lisle
>
>
>
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