The Clinchfield Loops, Ashford to Altapass, NC

[TRUCKSANDTRAINS21]

at the 2:12 mark, that is 'Camp 2' on Peppers Creek Rd. I always go down there to get some photos every time we drive to the Apple Orchard. (I used to haul out of the Baxter plant in North Cove years ago).

[boardman49]

@TRUCKSANDTRAINS21 I think so but I can't really say for sure.

[pawpawgator]

How many tunnels total..I THINK I counted 9...anywhere close??

[boardman49]

I think that's about right.

[pawpawgator]

Thaks...that is a really cool video. I live in Buncombe, and am real familiar with the Old Fort / Black Mountain Loops on the old Southern (now Norfork Southern) line.

[boardman49]

Last Saturday (July 18th) I took a drive up to the Blue Ridge Parkway on hwy 226 which runs close to the loops going up to Altapass. Couldn't see anything because of all the trees. Got on the parkway and stopped at the Altapass overlook. Lo and behold there was a placard posted there about the building of the Clinchfield RR loops. There are 18 tunnels. About 200 men were killed during the construction. The project was a huge undertaking.

[donovanwiseman]

Cool im from Altapass

[boardman49]

Doesn't look like a very big place. How many people live there?

[donovanwiseman]

not many. it is actually a little community outside of Spruce Pine so in Altapass itself I would say two-hundred some odd

[mooshy79]

if you go up on the Blue Ridge parkway in the winter you can almost watch a train climb up through the entire thing.

[boardman49]

I would love to see that.

[k6yardotcom]

very nice...

:) Ruben

[boardman49]

Thanks for watching.