Midvale - August 19, 1969 A.D.

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Rockbridge County, Rockingham is North of Augusta county, Rockbridge is
to the south where Pkin, Vesuvius, and Midvale are.

Nathan

NW Mailing List wrote:

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> Forty years ago, Hurricane Camille began saturating Virginia. A

> Shenandoah

> Div. crew near Midvale encountered water over the track and stopped. The

> South River was rising. When contacting the rear end crew to back to

> higher ground, they advised that water had also risen above the tracks.

> The crew was rescued by helicopter.

>

> At 2:30 AM (20th), the Maury River rose above the N&W tracks and flooded

> downtown Glasgow. Nearby Nelson County received 27" of rain in about

> 3 hours. Nelson County received more rain, but Rockingham County had

> more flood damage. Southern Railway's No. 47 facing strong rains stopped

> south of Charlottesville. A good thing - the double tracked Tye

> River bridge

> had been washed away. Photos in local papers the 21st showed four

> strands of rail stretching across the Tye River valley without support.

> Wonder if Southern's signals displayed CLEAR.

>

> Following the flood, N&W helicoptered Asst. Gen. Manager Bill Dod and

> N&W's bridge "magician" - Henry Dearing, to survey the damage. The

> helicopter flew 20 stranded victims to safety.

>

> In all, N&W's Shenandoah Division was flood-damaged in nine different

> places,

> including the double track bridge north of Pkin. By August 29, N&W had

> made sufficient repairs to begin service. Nos. 17-18-,41 and 42 were

> rerouted

> up the Shenandoah Div. to Waynesboro, then to Charlottesville.

> Harry Bundy

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