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As a former (Southwestern) Virginian, I am perplexed and intrigued . . .
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. . . by a photo in the October TRAINS (NS cover story). The pic shows a train near "Jasper, Virginia, in the heart of Southwestern Virginia," a near quote anyway. <br /> <br />I've never heard of Jasper, Virginia. While my knowledge is not encyclo-pedic, I have been over most of SW Virginia. My road atlas lists no Jasper, Virginia (nor a Jasper in the southern part of West Virginia, a common confusion.) [B)] <br /> <br />In fact, the Commonwealth of Virginia's own free road map, latest edition, shows no Jasper. What makes this particularly intriguing to me is it looks as though the picture could have been made on the old Southern Rwy line from Big Stone Gap to points west. (That's the line with the natural tunnel.) [:p] <br /> <br />Perhaps there is a vestigial "Jasper, Virginia" that has now become a ghost town or gone to ruin--except for the RR sign near whistle board? <br /> <br />I'm curious to see what y'all can tell me. There's got to be an answer out there without making a capital case of it with TRAINS--because it is a pretty trivial mistake, if indeed it is a mistake. <br />[8D] <br /> <br />Sure wish I'd held onto my 1968 Official Guide to the Railways....
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