~Fred Wolfe~
Lonely place
Ben's Creek Junction. The configuration here is a wye...mainline off to the right, branch line off to the left. In the distance is an old concrete foundation with two sets of steps. Likely an old rail road building from the days when train control was not so centralized.
The branch line heads up Ben's Creek for a few miles then punches through the mountain via a 4,000 foot tunnel coming out at Gilbert Creek. From there it hugs the mountain up high getting down to almost river level just beyond Gilbert and runs up the Guyandotte River to Justice...from there it leaves Justice for a little way. At Hanover it goes through another mountain via a 6,000 foot tunnel to rejoin the Guyandotte River...then it's on to Pineville and Mullens...there is another wye at Mullens.
Behind my back 1.5 miles is the Glen Alum Tunnel.
Lonely place
Ben's Creek Junction. The configuration here is a wye...mainline off to the right, branch line off to the left. In the distance is an old concrete foundation with two sets of steps. Likely an old rail road building from the days when train control was not so centralized.
The branch line heads up Ben's Creek for a few miles then punches through the mountain via a 4,000 foot tunnel coming out at Gilbert Creek. From there it hugs the mountain up high getting down to almost river level just beyond Gilbert and runs up the Guyandotte River to Justice...from there it leaves Justice for a little way. At Hanover it goes through another mountain via a 6,000 foot tunnel to rejoin the Guyandotte River...then it's on to Pineville and Mullens...there is another wye at Mullens.
Behind my back 1.5 miles is the Glen Alum Tunnel.