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Ray

I assume it was on the river.  That was way before my time.  Not sure 
when the line to Miles landing was eliminated.  It was still listed in 
the list of Official stations in 1926.  I assume that portion of the 
line was abandoned when the dam was built.

If my memory or whats left is correct the Charter for the Radford and 
Southern envisioned the line going all the way to Floyd County.  That 
would have been very interesting.

I remember my first time I was near the branch.  My dad and Bill 
Schumate a Bristol line engineer and neighbor liked to fish just below 
the dam.  On several occasions when not in school I got to tag along.  I 
can remember the road leading to the dam ran right next to the quarry.   
I got to see the Porter and steam crane at work.   Later when I got my 
driver license went to the quarry one weekend and got some photos of the 
locomotive and crane.  Not working but still warm.

  Jim B

On 7/10/2023 3:33 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> 
> Jim,
>
> Thank you. Was Miles Landing on the New River?
>
> Is this the branch that served Lynchburg Foundry and other industries 
> up the New River from Radford, terminating just down river from the 
> Clayton Lake dam?
>
>     Ray Smoot
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jul 10, 2023, at 3:22 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List 
>> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> Ray
>>
>> That was the old Radford and Southern that extended about 5.7 miles 
>> from Radford to Miles or Miles Landing
>>
>>
>> Jim Blackstock
>>
>> 0 	Miles BranchConnects at 1635 Radford Branch Jct. (Old Radford 
>> Southern Company 1903) 	
>> 5.77 	Miles (Miles Landing) 	VA
>>
>>
>> On 7/10/2023 2:17 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>>>
>>> Abram,
>>>
>>> Thank you for some excellent operating related history.  And I fully 
>>> agree with you: those who never knew the grand institution of 
>>> railroading, which was largely gone by  the 1960s, have missed the 
>>> local impact and presence  of railroading.
>>>
>>> I have a question which I suspect you can answer. While looking at 
>>> some N&W maps from the 1940s and 1950s, I noticed a branch line 
>>> somewhere between Radford and Walton going to a place called Miles 
>>> on the map.  Having lived in Montgomery County almost 60 years, I 
>>> have never heard on any place referred to as Miles. Any light you 
>>> can shed on this, such as where was Miles and why did N&W have 
>>> branch line to it, would be most insightful.
>>>
>>> Ray Smoot
>>>
>>>
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