Bridge to nowhere...This is all that's left of an industrial siding off the former Clinchfield RR just north of Marion NC. The siding served the American Thread Company, now known as Coats North A... (more)
Spring is in the air as storm clouds roll across the Blue Ridge Mountains along the former Clinchfield mainline. Coal for a few powerplants still move along the former mainline in western North C... (more)
N312, coal loads for Cliffside, crosses the Catawba River and Lake James just north of the Marion siding on the Blue Ridge Sub. The distinctive outline of Shortoff Mountain is in the distance.