COHS 42 Dave Ostrander and Charles McIntyre 64 pages softcover
The VAL was a 28-mile short line connector between C&O’s Rivanna
Subdivision (James River Line) and the near Bremo, Va. and the Piedmont
Subdivision near Gordonsville. It was used for trains headed to/from
Washington to avoid steep Mountain Subdivision grades, also for
high-and-wide loads. Abandoned in 1975, it largely has been forgotten
since. - This book gives the complete story of this little-known
C&O line that was important in the full picture of its freight
service.
