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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 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">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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