If Rails Could Talk Volume 2 Sunburst And Champion Fibre

Download or read book If Rails Could Talk Volume 2, Sunburst and Champion Fibre written by Ronald Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of "If Rails Could Talk..." is the second of a planned eight volume series about the railroad logging along the Blue Ridge and adjoining North Carolina Smoky Mountains. In volume 2, there are the stories of logging the West Fork of the Pigeon River watershed by rail. Located near present day Lake Logan, the logging town of Sunburst, North Carolina is the center of the story that spans the years from 1906 through 1926. The book covers the extensive logging railroads built by Champion Lumber and Suncrest Lumber into the Shining Rock and Middle Prong Wildness and Areas. It also contains the story of the beginnings of the Champion Fibre Company. The book contains over 75 photographs, many published for the first time. Author Ron Sullivan, his wife Marilyn, and hiking partner Jerry Ledford spent many days hiking the old grades, most of them off of established trails and roads. They carefully used a GPS to trace the rail grades and transfer them to USGS topo maps. Edited by Gerald Ledford.