SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY

By Carl M. Lathrop
Published on January 1, 1978
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Virginia-Blue Ridge Railway first engine at her coaling dock outside Tye River, Virginia in the summer of 1915.
Virginia-Blue Ridge Railway first engine at her coaling dock outside Tye River, Virginia in the summer of 1915.
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The Bee Tree Lumber Company narrow gauge operation shared track age in dual gauge configuration with the Virginia Blue Ridge at Massies Mill.
The Bee Tree Lumber Company narrow gauge operation shared track age in dual gauge configuration with the Virginia Blue Ridge at Massies Mill.
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The Leftwich Timber Company mill at Woodson nearly filled the valley.
The Leftwich Timber Company mill at Woodson nearly filled the valley.
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Virginia-Blue Ridge ''one spot'' in what was to become a familiar spot...on the ground.
Virginia-Blue Ridge ''one spot'' in what was to become a familiar spot...on the ground.
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The management was not one to waste money on the amenities in office construction as can be seen.
The management was not one to waste money on the amenities in office construction as can be seen.
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After the chestnut blight about the only traffic was apples and acid wood.
After the chestnut blight about the only traffic was apples and acid wood.

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Time finally came for my father. His alloted span came to an end
and as I sat at his old roll top desk dreading the job of going
through his effects. I noticed a yellowed newspaper clipping dated
August 1, 1963, announcing that finally the Virginia Blue Ridge
Railway had changed to diesel power. I pulled it out of the

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