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    <p>Tim</p>
    <p>Perhaps it was the Beards Fork Branch.  <br>
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    <p>I am not an expert on the VGN either.  Perhaps I should have
      listened a little closer to my Yard Master in Roanoke, Carl
      Bowman.   As a 19 year old kid I worked with him and heard many
      long forgotten tales of the VGN.</p>
    <p>Jim Blackstock <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/5/2024 1:22 PM, NW Mailing List
      via NW-Mailing-List wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I'm no VGN expert, but was
          the Morri Branch not serviced by mine run shifters out of
          Page, rather than Elmore? If not, what was the name of that
          short branch that climbed steep north just beyond the west end
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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Tim Hensley<br>
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              December 5, 2024 at 11:16:39 AM EST, NW Mailing List via
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              <div dir="ltr">For help with my Morri Branch distress,
                thanks to the Hon. Mr. Chris Daltonius, to Attorney
                Jerome Kayzhinsky, to the ever-gracious Mr. James Hall,
                Grand Duke of Rural Hall, and to Admiral James
                Blackstock, Comondante of the Smith Mountain Fleet pf
                Tugboats and Ferries. To all who joined our Patreon and
                faxed in donations to enable the research, tax receipts
                will be sent out shortly...<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">As time permits (and as age allows,) I will
                be chipping away at creating a map in the Google Earth
                program, identifying the VGN New River Division
                Branches. We now have digital access to copies of all
                250,000 USGS Topo Maps which were created over the
                years, beginning in the late 1880s, The rights-of-way
                are still visible in the satellite imagery, and LIDAR
                (Light Detection and Ranging) is helpful in finding some
                of the early tracks which are now covered by vegetation.
                So, I think we can figure out most of the branch line
                identifications.<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">If someone could find a copy of the VGN's
                periodically published List of Official List of
                Officers, Agents and Stations, that would be the cat's
                meow for identifying the lines.<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">But beyond just a good map, it would be
                EXTREMELY helpful for posterity to compile a description
                of how the VGN operated this territory. E.g. how often
                service was provided on the branches; the number of mine
                run crews operated each day out of Elmore, and where
                they went; the average number of loads coming off the
                branches per day; the location of run-around tracks and
                whether empties were pulled or shoved to the end of the
                branches; where Mallet engines could work, and where
                they were restricted; where the water tanks were
                located; agency functions and where/how was waybilling
                done; which branches were operated by Time Table and
                Train Orders, and which were operated by some other
                means (such as a Train-on-Branch signal, Register
                Rights, or just old timey "smoke signals.") But all this
                is beyond my reach out here on the Turnip Reservation,
                and someone local to the area would need to work it up.<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">Stay warm. The Snow, she be a' comin' !<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">-- abram burnett<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">Amalgamated Order of Turnip Patch Workers,
                AFL-CIO<br>
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