Tonight, I have no new pix, but Dante Yard is under construction with 5 tracks in addition to the mainline, passing track, and 2 long yard tracks already in place. When filled out, it will also have a small engine terminal. This rendition in no way follows Dante's current layout even closely, except for the 4 tracks including the mainline, but it has been revised many times over the years, so who knows, this may be accurate for some period between 1907 and today.There were two mine branches that ran up hollows against the south slope of Sandy Ridge. In CC&O history there is no mention directly of these branches, but it is mentioned that the coal reserves on the south side of Sandy Ridge were largely depleted by 1914, which gave rise to additional need for the Elkhorn Extension. I have found no records of the existence of these branches, really just spurs, and so I assume they may have been owned by the coal companies, whose mines they served. None-the-less, they will be included. One of them has a switchback to reach the tipple, and neither are much over a mile in length. Moss No. 2, one of the most prolific mines in the area, nearly the only one still in operation lies on the NS, Dumps Creek line on the south side of Sandy Ridge - and - this line was sold by the Clinchfield to the N&W in 1958 - seems like a blunder to me.A slightly longer spur turned up a hollow at mile 30.3, or Wakenva, and followed Honey Branch about a mile or two. This one is shown on a 1950 profile I acquired at the recent L&NHS meeting in Kingsport. LIkewise the "Mine No. 9" spur near Sykes Mill is also extant in 1950.All of these spurs are indicated on topo maps created in the early 80s, and also are present in the data file that Convert32 extracts data from to create markers. Therefore, all will be included, so with a little imagination, we might say that the environmental types all gave up, and thus it became economical to extract more coal from those dry holes of yesteryear - or in any case, this subdivision ought to satisfy the apetites of all but the most persnickety operations types.A confession - I enjoy creating the routes more than running them, and consider it to be a way of preserving history.J. H. Sullivan, P.E.
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