..he was a-goin' down the grade,
doing 90 miles an hour
when the whistle began to scream...
Good Photo. - It's an interesting story.
This is the disaster song that's been on my mind this week, after that tornado. Very sad.
http://www.blueridgeinstitute.org/ballads/ryecovesong.html
Norfolk Southern still runs trains on the very same right of way. It's very pretty country, foothills of the Blue Ridge, still undeveloped for the most part. Not far from where I grew up. James Mosby grew up in that area as well. Others who made their homes nearby include Patrick Henry, and slightly more distant, Thomas Jefferson, and slightly north of that, James Madison. But all along a line just downhill from the Blue Ridge Mountains, which is where the Southern laid its tracks.
Shovel all the coal in
Gotta keep it rollin'
No wait....