Virginia Creeper Railway "Mollie" (Class M) Steam

Virginia Creeper Railway "Mollie" (Class M) Steam

Abingdon, Va.
History
Economy
Railways/Railroading
Lumber Trade
Whitetop Station
West Jefferson, N.C.
The Virginia-Carolina Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway

"The Abingdon Branch crossed some of the highest and most scenic terrain of any standard gauge railroad in the United States. In the 55½ miles from Abingdon to West Jefferson, there were 108 bridges, most made with timber, and no tunnels."
Historical Marker Database, credit: Don Morfe
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=67291

"The thirty-four miles of trail between Abingdon and Whitetop Station pass through a wide variety of habitats due to varying elevations, sun exposures, forest types, and stream and land formations. The trail crosses a variety of active farms, including tobacco fields, pastures, vegetable gardens, cornfields, and hay fields as well as abandoned pastures and fields growing thick with brush."
The Virginia Creeper Trail Companion, by Edward H. Davis and Edward B. Morgan. The Overmountain Press, Johnson City, TN. (1977). p. 36

Nearby: Damascus, Appalachian Trail

Earl Palmer

Norfolk and Western Historical Society Archive; NW 00492
www.nwhs.org

Louise Fortune Hall Collection

1900-present

"The Virginia Creeper Trail Companion," by Edward H. Davis and Edward B. Morgan. The Overmountain Press, Johnson City, TN (1997)

Norfolk and Western Historical Society

Va. Creeper Trail Conservancy: https://www.vacreepertrail.org/

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