What is the Status of the N&W/NS St. Charles branch?
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The St. Charles Branch is an ex Southern Branch line, that didn't connect to the N&W. Originally, the Southern came into Appalachia, VA from Knoxville, via Big Stone Gap, VA. At Appalachia, was Southern's yard. On the north end they connected with the L&N and the Interstate. On the south end the is St. Charles Jct., which goes west to St. Charles and splinters off in two directions, north to Mayflower and northeast to Benedict, now called Lone Mtn. Processing. About 2 miles east of St. Charles proper, in Pocket, is L&N Jct., where the L&N connects from Pennington (Gap). L&N used to have trackage rights from Appalachia to St. Charles and all of the mines above it. Now CSX comes in from Harlan via Hagans Switchback and Pennington.
Both NS and CSX still pull coal off of the St. Charles Branch, but it is down to a couple of trains a day, with Lone Mtn. being the primary source for loading. Mayflower has recently started loading again under new ownership, and export contracts. CSX hauls coal for TN Eastman in Kingsport, and Electric Fuels in Crystal River, FL. Train frequency is about 4 trains a week, but is expected to increase soon. There is a plethora of updated information on the Appalachia Coal Mines and Railroading site on FB.
Russ Goodwin
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No, Carl. This was an inquiry about St Charles Virginia.
Craig Close BORHS/C&A Live Steam/FoGFLP/HFRHS
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Did the NKP run on this branch? If so, how did the NKP get to the branch?
Carl Barna
Emmaus, PA
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Subject: What is the Status of the N&W/NS St. Charles branch?
The following question was posed on another mailing list I follow. If anyone here knows the answer, I’ll pass it along to the author (Tony Koester).
Does anyone know the status of the N&W/NS St. Charles branch in Va.?
Tony Koester
Thanks!
Matt Goodman
Columbus, Ohio
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