From Abingdon to West Jefferson

Photos by Mike Smith, 1977 - Page Three

Approaching a water tank in West Jefferson, North Carolina

Station personnel (name unknown), West Jefferson

Station personnel, (name unknown), West Jefferson, NC

Forming the return train on the wye in West Jefferson. Wyes were important so that the engineers
could reverse the direction of engines and put the cars in any order that they needed them
for easy drop off or pickup when there were no roundtables.