FlanaryRon-CRRLocal-NolichuckyGorgeTN-9-74
I can't say with certainty exactly where this is in the Clinchfield's Nolichucky Gorge south of Erwin, Tenn., but I'll guess it's around Cane Bottom or Lost Cove. I was riding in a heavyweight coach behind the caboose of the "Ridge Runner" local on June 22, 1974. This crew normally worked south as far as Marion before turning back north. Looks like the brakes are sticking on either the covered hopper of feldspar or the plug door N&W boxcar. The motive power was SD40 No. 3020. This is the stretch that's being rebuilt by CSX after Hurrican Helene last year. All the right of way you see here was completely washed away by the enormous floodwaters.
FlanaryRon-CRRLocal-NolichuckyGorgeTN-9-74
I can't say with certainty exactly where this is in the Clinchfield's Nolichucky Gorge south of Erwin, Tenn., but I'll guess it's around Cane Bottom or Lost Cove. I was riding in a heavyweight coach behind the caboose of the "Ridge Runner" local on June 22, 1974. This crew normally worked south as far as Marion before turning back north. Looks like the brakes are sticking on either the covered hopper of feldspar or the plug door N&W boxcar. The motive power was SD40 No. 3020. This is the stretch that's being rebuilt by CSX after Hurrican Helene last year. All the right of way you see here was completely washed away by the enormous floodwaters.