SOU 5246

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Dakota Carmichael	General	where did the line to the left go? ive researched that this line passed by the stocks barn but where did it end? maybe throw in some history lol	9/11/2015 11:39:48 AM

Johnny Winkler	General	Until about 1992 the line ended at Davis Street when the spur was finally torn up.In my early memories of the 1970s you could see the remains of an old coal trestle on the north side of Davis street. The line from here to the water plant on the Holston River was pulled up in 1938.From the river bridge to Bean Station,Rutledge and Corryton was abandoned in 1928.	9/11/2015 8:54:28 PM

Dakota Carmichael	General	hm, ive always thought there was way more of a history to it, ive been told that there used to be a coal mine somewhere across the holston and that a peavine owned train ran coal to the power plant along with passengers, i do know that in the ramseys market area there was a small railyard there,	1/11/2016 3:45:26 PM

Dakota Carmichael	General	id really like to see that old line get opened up again, as southern/ NS still owns the rail right of way	1/11/2016 3:46:09 PM

Dakota Carmichael	General	id really like to see that old line get opened up again, as southern/ NS still owns the rail right of way	1/11/2016 4:24:56 PM

Dakota Carmichael	General	id really like to see that old line get opened up again, as southern/ NS still owns the rail right of way	1/11/2016 4:34:48 PM

Johnny Winkler	General	From 1928 to 1938 Southern hauled coal to the water/power plant at the approach to the Holston River bridge. But there were several long trestles along Turkey Creek that were too costly to maintain.Southern made a deal with Morristown where they would build a coal tipple at Davis Street and give the city a greatly discounted rate on coal delivery if they abandoned from Davis St to the power plant. This deal was accepted and coal was trucked to the plant in city dump trucks.	1/11/2016 4:36:31 PM

Johnny Winkler	General	The only coal hauled on the Peavine outside of Morristown was when Southern took over the line in 1903 and a few years after that. They tried using the Peavine as a bypass around Knoxville for coal coming off the Cumberland Gap branchline bound for Asheville or Bristol.But that didn't last long. You need to get a copy of the book "Ghost Railroads of Tennessee" by Sulzer,it has a chapter on the Peavine.	1/11/2016 4:41:58 PM

Johnny Winkler	General	No NS has not owned the row since the late 90s when they sold the old yard at Ramseys farm market to the city to build the new city hall on it.The city is supposed to start construction of the walking trail on the old Peavine to as far as Wildwood Park this year.	1/11/2016 5:02:03 PM

Johnny Winkler	General	http://www.mymorristown.com/departments/community_development/special_projects/turkey_creek_greenway.php	1/11/2016 5:04:17 PM

Dakota Carmichael	General	wow, interesting, what i posted earlier was what id been told for awhile, its great to know the correct history i sure wish that there where pictures of the railroad from that time era. i read somewhere a very long time ago that when they built the bean station line back in the 1800s they trucked in chinese immagrints who helped to build it. im not sure how true that is as ive not seen anything else on it, but thanks for the correct history.	1/11/2016 5:21:54 PM

Dakota Carmichael	General	i seen a youtube video of morristowns 60th or 70th birthday on youtube a while back that showed a crossing gaurd at the downtown crossing with a sou steam engine hauling a passenger tain. ive yet to find the video again	1/11/2016 5:24:22 PM

Dakota Carmichael	General	the video appeared to have been taken in the 40s-50s but i dont know how to find it again	1/11/2016 5:29:32 PM

SOU 5246
Date: 8/10/1984	Location: Morristown, TN	Views: 423	Collection Of: Johnny Winkler
Locomotives: SOU 5246(GP38-2)			Author: Johnny Winkler

Picture Categories: Action		This picture is part of album: Southern Railway and Norfolk Southern 1980s

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