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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just guessing, but I think it is because it
connects the old N&W main at Bluestone with the old Vgn main at Matoaka.
Never know when you might need that connection again. Jim
Nichols</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 14, 2009 3:38
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Bluestone Extension</DIV>
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<DIV>Does anyone know why the Bluestone Extension has been abandoned in
place? It looks like a railroad that time forgot?</DIV>
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<DIV>And, it looks like a good place to run short line excursion trains
too! (After replacing umpteen thousand ties of course.)</DIV>
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<DIV>Ben Blevins</DIV>
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