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Railroads became commercially viable in the United States in the 1840s. The building of railroads greatly accelerated during the next decade as they provided the large-scale movement of goods necessary for the Industrial Revolution. By the start of the American Civil War, the American rail system was the largest in the world, with 30,000 miles of track. At the beginning of the war, there were 9,000 miles of track in the South as compared to the 21,000 miles in the North. The South had one-third of the freight cars, one-fifth of the locomotives, one-tenth of the telegraph stations, and one-twe...

From 1891 until 1969, you could board a passenger train in Covington and ride it to The Homestead in Bath County, along a C&O Railway spur known as the Hot Springs branch. Heading north, it followed the Jackson River, one of a handful of wild trout streams left in Virginia. Brown and rainbow trout, some of them a foot to 18 inches long, still swim that stretch of water below Gathright Dam. But the locomotives and tracks are long gone. In their place are crushed cinders, modern bathrooms, parking areas and picnic tables. Those comprise one of Western Virginia’s most recent rails-to-trails...

Lexington man sets new state record for fallfish A Lexington man has set a new state record for fallfish from the Cowpasture River in Lexington. (Source: Department of Wildlife Resources) By NBC12 Newsroom | April 15, 2021 at 7:36 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 7:36 PM LEXINGTON, Va. (WWBT) - A Lexington man has set a new state record for fallfish. Jerry R. Hall caught the 3 pound, 5-ounce fallfish from the Cowpasture River in Lexington with spinning tackle using a Joe’s Fly. Hall’s fish now holds the Virginia State Record Fallfish after receiving biologist verification and a review...

Fuel tanker rollover sparks interest for guardrails on Route 220 Highland County Board of Supervisors will request VDOT safety inspection. Tags:  HIGHLAND COUNTY, Va. – More than 1,250 gallons of fuel went unrecovered, killing 870 fish in the Jackson River, after a fuel tanker rollover Friday. Where Friday’s crash happened is a site of concern, as two crashes were reported in the same area last year. Just half a mile south of the tanker crash lies another problematic curve. Highland County Board of Supervisors requested guard rails in the fall for that area after receiving several compla...

Whitney Hollingsworth, 46, wears a lot of hats in life. The Hardy native is the eldest of four; she has three children herself. She holds a degree in religion and philosophy from Roanoke College. She makes her living selling hearing aids; her spouse is a downtown restaurant owner (Table 50 on Market Street). They live in the Grandin Court neighborhood of Southwest Roanoke. But in annals of “The Rush Limbaugh Show,” Hollingsworth may forever be known for another reason. As “Whitney in Roanoke,” she one day phoned the radio entertainer, whose show was carried locally on WFIR...