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(erielack) Virginia

IIRC, NS interchanged with CR via this line after the Chase MD 
disaster.  Now with NS owning most of the "southern" CR, this traffic 
continues.  One would have to read thru back copies of Railpace.

>From: "MONTGOMERY| ED" <emontgom_@_LAN.TJHSST.EDU>
>Subject: (erielack) VIRGINIA QUESTION
>
>I know this is off the topic but I think somebody on the list has the
>answer.  It's kind of related -- this is a stretch, because NS now
>controls ex EL lines, so here it is.
>
>My daughter is a freshman at James Madison University down in
>Harrisonburg, Virginia.  This is still quite a railroad town for being
>out in the Shenandoah Valley.  Two lines still serve it.  One is a
>former Southern Branch that comes south from Front Royal and
>the other is marked on maps as (I believe) Chesapeake Western or
>Winchester and Western that makes its way over the mountain to
>the old Southern main at Elkton, Va.  In Harrisonburg there are
>N&W signs on this ROW all over the place.  I have noticed long
>unit trains of hopper cars delivered on this line.  It looks like a lot of
>business for a town like Harrisonburg.  The line that runs through
>the University property looks like something somebody modelled
>with tight curves and heavy grades.  Anybody know what generates
>all this traffic?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Ed Montgomery

Dale

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