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- Open Rail Map (ORM) - best viewed at zoom=14 and with Mapnik layer on.
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https://www.openrailwaymap.org/?style=standard&lat=37.102759487805976&lon=-82.3866355419159&zoom=14
- Hardly any tunnels shown
- Rivers and creeks are missing
- Most sharp curves near the river (if shown) are tunnels
- Some overhead bridges on route are shown as level crossings on ORM
Dante to Haysi is downhill most of the way with 25 and 30 mph speed limits
Dante
- 35 miles to Elkhorn City
- Dante yard - 15 mph
- 25 clear of yard
- 35 mile post
- Siding and loader on left - Caldonia
- 34 mile post at entrance to...
- 30 tunnel entrance - Sandy Hill Tunnel No. 2 - downhill from here - generally 1%
- Tunnel end - signal to double track
Trammel
- Sidings on left and L/X VA 626
- 32 mile post
- Signal at end of double track
- Dead end siding and loader on right - Roaring Fork
- 31 mile post
Wakenva
- L/X
- Siding and loader on right - Honey Br
- 30 mile post
- Tunnel L/C - slow to 25 - Martin Tunnel No. 20
- 25 end of straight at auto signal 293
- 29, 28 and 27 mile posts
- Bridge over State Route 652
Nora Junction
- Junction with Nora branch after bridge over highway - for Open Fork, Kilgore Creek and Blue Diamond.
- Signal 268 and right turn after junction then
- 30 - ignore - 15 mph ahead for double line ahead
- Tunnel L/C - Buffalo Creek Tunnel No. 19
- 26 mile post end of tunnel
- Allen Storage - siding on right
- Slow to 15 mph by the stub siding 3rd track on right
Straton
- 25 mile post
- Slow to 15 for junction to right hand track on double line ahead (even though green over red signal)
- OHB State Route 643
- 24 mile post
- Signal to Single track - speed limit returns to 30
McClure
- Siding and tunnel - Caney Fork Tunnel No. 18
- Junction on left from McClure branch - for McClure River
- 23 mile post
- Signal for Fremont Junction
Fremont Junction - aka Caney Junction
- Caney Storage - siding on left and Fremont Junction - to Moss Tipple
- 22 mile post Casey Storage siding ends
Fremont
- Fremont - L/X + OHB + siding
- 21 mile post
- Auto signal 206
- Tunnel L/C - Pettit Tunnel No.17
- 20 mile post
- Tunnel L/C - Squirrel Camp Tunnel No. 16
- 19 mile post
- Straight and tunnel L/C - Short Branch Tunnel No. 15
- Bridge over McClure River and Hwy
- Tunnel R/C - Rhinehart tunnel No. 14
- Straight and tunnel R/C - Perkins Tunnel No. 13
- Bridge over Hwy VA 664 and McClure River
Clinchco
- Siding and loader on right - Rush
- 17 mile post
- Tunnel L/C - siding on right ends - Sykes Mill Tunnel No. 12
- Auto signal 165
- Tunnel - Red Ridge Tunnel No. 11
- Loader on main line just before tunnel entrance on L/C - Goff Tunnel No. 10
- Slow down to 15 mph
- 15 Signal to right hand track - Delano
Steinman
- 14 mile post: Signal for end of double track at end of tight right curve with granite rock cutting
- Speed limit reverts to 30
- Tunnel L/C - Hewitt Tunnel No. 9
- 13 mile post
- Loop on right - Collco
- 12 mile post - signal and end of loop just before tunnel entrance
- Tunnel L/C - slow to 10 if entering Haysi (Greenbrier) branch - Mcclure Tunnel No. 8
Haysi
- Berta Junction - junction to Haysi Branch to Rual, Crooked, Ruth and Pittco loaders
- Tunnel L/C - Russell Tunnel No. 7
- Rex Loop on the right - 15 if entering loop
- 11 mile post
- Loader on the right - Rex
- Bridge over Kiwanis Park Road and Russell Fork
- OHB
- Sidings and loader on right - Splash Dam
- 10 mile post
- Auto signal 95
- Tunnel R/C - Hills Mills Tunnel No. 6
- 9 mile post
- Bridge over Bartick Road
- Siding and loader on the left - Pound River
- L/X Triple T Drive
- 8 mile post
- L/X R/C unamed road
Skegg Hole
- Bridge
- Tunnel - start slowing to 15 mph - Skaggs Hole Tunnel No. 5
- Bridge over Russell Fork
- 7 mile post
- Signal - 15 mph to right track - Towers
- 6 mile post - Siding on right
- Straight
Garden Hole
- Signal and end of double line
- 30 mph resumes
- 5 mile post - Tunnel L/C - Towers Tunnel No. 4
- Downhill 1.2%
- Loader over line
- 4 mile post
- Auto signal 39
- Tunnel R/C - start slowing to 25 - State Line Tunnel No. 2
- 3 mile post
- 25 at sharp left curve
- Bridge over Russell Fork then tunnel - start slowing to 20 - Pool Point Tunnel No. 1
- Signal just past tunnel seems to have faulty upper signal and may be only showing bottom red at entrance to double line
- 20
- Siding on right
- Siding on left
- 1.5%
- Elkhorn City Yard
Elkhorn City
Haysi to Dante uphill most of the way with 25 and 30 mph speed limits. Haysi branch to Dante takes about 1.5 hours
Elkhorn City
- 34 miles to Dante
- 20 - 1.5% uphill
- Signal to single line then tunnel - Pool Point Tunnel No. 1
- Bridge over Russell Fork
- 25
- Tight R/C
- 30 at 3 mile post - State Line Tunnel No. 2
- Tunnel R/C
- Auto signal no 40
- 4 mile post
- Loader over main line
- Tunnel R/C - Towers Tunnel No. 4
- 5 mile post
Towers
- Signal entrance to double track - Towers
- Siding to left of double track
- 6 mile post - end of siding on left
- Signal end to double track
Skegg Hole
- 7 mile post - bridge over Russell Fork
- Tunnel - bridge - Skaggs Hole Tunnel No. 5
- Uphill grade eases
- L/X un-named road on left curve near house
- 8 mile post
- L/X Triple T Drive
Bartick
- Loader and siding on right - Pound River
- Bridge over Bartick Road
- 9 mile post
- Tunnel L/C - Mills Hills Tunnel No. 6
- Auto signal 96 about 500 metres after tunnel exit
Jacobs Fork at 10 mile post
- Sidings on left and loader. More sidings fork to right - Splash Dam
- OHB
- Bridge over Russel Fork River and Kiwanis Park Rd
- More sidings and loaders on left - Rex
- 11 mile post
- Siding on left ends just before tunnel on R/C - Russell Tunnel No. 7
- Haysi is at end of tunnel
Haysi
- AKA Berta Junction
- Junction to Haysi branch on left, loader on right
- Tunnel on R/C - McClure Tunnel No. 8
- Siding on left
- 12 mile post
- Loader on left - Colco
- Siding on left ends
- 13 mile post
- Tunnel R/C - Hewitt Tunnel No. 9
- Not long after exit from tunnel, signal entrance to Delano loop
- 14 mile post
- 15 mile post: signal entrance to single track
Steinman
- Tunnel R/C - Goff Tunnel No. 10
- Loader over line just after tunnel
- Tunnel - Red Ridge Tunnel No. 11
- Auto signal 164
- Tunnel - Sykes Hill Tunnel No. 12
- 17 mile post: L/X Big Ridge Road
- Siding on left - Rush
Clinchco
- Loader and siding on left
- Bridge over McClure River and VA State Hwy
- Tunnel L/C - Perkins Tunnel No. 13
- Tunnel - Rhinehart Tunnel No. 14
- Bridge over Hwy and McClure River - river on left now
- Tunnel - Short Branch Tunnel No. 15
- 19 mile post
- Tunnel R/C - Squirrel Camp Tunnel No. 16
- 20 mile post
- Tunnel R/C - Petitt Tunnel No. 17
- Signal 207 - about 1 mile to Fremont
- 21 mile post
- Dead end siding on left just before L/C
Fremont
- OHB - VA 83
- Siding on left and OHB
- 22 mile post- Long siding on right - Caney Storage
- Siding ends with junction to Moss Tipple - Fremont Branch
- 23 mile post - L/X and bridge
- Junction to McClure branch
McClure
- Tunnel L/C - Caney Fork Tunnel No. 18
- Loader with siding on left
- Signal to double track (1.2 miles long) - Allen
- 24 mile post
- Overhead bridge (L/X on ORM) and left curve (600 yards to signal)
- Signal and X-over
- 25 mile post
Stratton
- Dead end siding on left - Allen Storage
- Siding continues on left.
- Siding on left ends
- 26 mile post - tunnel R/C - Buffalo Creek Tunnel No. 19 - slow to 25 mph
- 25 - Auto signal 264
Nora Junction
- Nora branch off to right
- Bridge over State Route 652
- 27 mile post - uphill 0.8%
- 28 mile post - uphill 0.8%
- 29 mile post - uphill 1.0%
- 30 - back of signal
- L/X - Boulder Drive
- Tunnel R/C - Martin Tunnel No. 20
- 30 mile post at end of tunnel
- Siding and loader on left - Honey Br
- Siding ends
Wakenva
- L/X Wakenva Hollow Rd
- Siding on left - Roaring Fork
- Signal 306
- Loader over both tracks
- 31 mile post - Dead end siding on left ends
- Signal - start of double track (4 miles to Dante)
- 32 mile post 1.0% uphill
Trammel
- 2 sidings on right
- L/X - Phillips Hollow Road
- Signal - end of double track
- Tunnel - Sandy Ridge Tunnel No. 21 - grade levels out and starts to descend in tunnel
- 25 - end of tunnel at 34 mile post
- Auto signal 342
- Siding and loader on right - Caladonia
- Grade increases to 1.5% downhill - dynamic brakes on
- L/X Laurel Bridge - Phillips Hollow Road
- Right curve
- Bridge
- L/X County Road 627
- 35 mile post
- L/X County Rd 689
- Slow to 15 mph if entering Dante Yard.
Dante
- Signal - entrance to Dante yard - 20 if diverging
- 15 if entering siding
- Dante Yard - downhill 1.0%
- 36 mile post - slow to 15 mph
- Signal
- 15 just before turntable
- Dante South Yard - levels out.
Outbound from Fremont junction
- 15 at junction
- 25 mph speed limit
- Fremont Junction
- Distant signal for southbound - slope 1.6%
- Slope 1.6% - 2.0%
- F11 mile post
- Tunnel - Bear Pen Gap
- Slope up to 1%
- Holly Creek Sidings - about 400 metres past end of tunnel
- Sidings end and more sidings start - Dickenson
- F33 mile post - L/X unamed rd on R/C
- Siding ends
- Horseshoe curve
- F44 mile post
- F55 mile post
- L/X Darrells Drive / Rush Creek Rd VA 649
- Siding on left - Cranes Nest
- Crossovers to and from siding on left
- Siding on left ends
- Horseshoe curve to right
- F77 mile post
- Horseshoe curve to left
- Reverse horseshoe curves right and left
- F88 mile post
- Mullins siding
- L/X Rockhouse Rd - end of Mullins Siding
- Siding starts
- F99 mile post - L/X and end of siding
- F1010 mile post
- L/X - Horseshoe Rd
- L/X - Horseshoe Rd
- Siding on right - Delp
- Siding on right ends at L/X
- L/X Coeburn Rd
- F1111 mile post
- Siding on right - Victor
- Siding on right ends
- F1212 mile post - L/X Layne Hollow VA 665
- 1.6% grade
- Siding on left - Phipps
- Siding on left dead-end
- F1313 mile post
Moss Tipple
Outbound from junction
- 10
- L/Xs and bridges at Haysi
- Mart on ORM buildings on north side
- OHB - Yates Lane
- Bridges over creek
- L/X - Sleepy Hollow
- H22 mile post
- Rual Loader sidings
- L/X - un-named road
- Crooked Loader
- Autys Drive on south side
- End of Crooked River sidings
- 2 bridges over river
- Ruth Tipple siding on south side
- Ruth Tipple
- L/X Fish Pond Road
- Pittco Loader sidings
- Pittco Loader
- L/X State Route 606 (Vicey Township)
Outbound from junction
- 15 mph speed limit
- ORM is accurate
- 0.6% uphill from junction
- 15 minutes
Towards Junction from Mine
- 15 speed limit
- 0.6% downhill
- Left siding ends just before junction signal
Outbound from junction
- 30 minutes to drive from Blue Diamond to main line at Nora
- 20 mph
- Stop boards at end of siding before junction
- Siding just past junction - Passing Track
- Manually operated cross overs between siding road half way through Passing Track
- N11 Mile post
- End of Passing Track siding on tight right curve
- L/X Hammons Drive SR 674
- OHB - Toms Creek Rd SR 652 (shown as L/X on ORM)
- N22 Mile Post
- Points to Neece Creek Spur
- Sidings left Lamberts and right Wholford of main line - 3 tracks
- L/X State Route 651 - 2 tracks - Open Fork
- Single track
- N33 mile post
- 2.2% grad
- Siding on right
- L/X at N44 mile post - unamed road
- Middle Fork Opens up to yard on left
- Yard ends - single line - 3.1% grade
- Big Rock Stub siding on left
- N55 mile post
- Siding on right
- Opens up to yard - 15 mph
- Kilgore Creek Tipple - 3.4%
- Yard ends on right - dead ends
- Another yard opens up
- 2.5%
- Blue Diamond - Tipple
- Blue Diamond Mine is 1 mile beyond the end of the ORM map. The first level crossing on the map from the end of the line is the first on the game.
Localaties and tunnel names from http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CRR/CRR%20Track%20Chart%201982.pdf (saved in Google Drive)