As I have probably mentioned, for some 11 years my task was to manage the Track Geometry Recording car for the Southern Railway. This involved about 40,000 test miles per year over a rail system that was slightly more than 10,000 miles at the time. Some lines required testing every 30 days account of the high tonnage and value of freight that was handled. Such a line was the CNO&TP. There were 3 districts, or divisions and the 3rd is in the library. I am working in fits and starts on the 2nd. One location that always impressed me was as we were descending the grade from Greenwood, KY to Tateville, we came around a left hand curve going north and suddenly this beautiful vista opened off to the left of the south fork of the Cumberland River, at this point part of Wolf Creek Resovoir. This route will be released first as version 1 which will have the main line competely fleshed out with signals etc. and a little work on the branches. The branches have all their track in place so if someone wants to flesh them out, they can, and likely I may never release a version 2. The image is what I would see back in the 60s & 70s although of course I haven't completed it. This is the new line, opened in 1963 and the original line up Sloans Valley is in place about 2 miles to the east (right i.e.). Back in those old days, this area was single track. It was doubled tracked 20 years or so ago.
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