1995
State of Franklin Street (Road, Highway?) in Johnson
City. That's the old ET&WNC station left of center with the
Goodyear sign on it. It took me a few visits to Johnson City
to correlate my maps to the actual place. And this road is one
of the reasons. The old photos always showed the dual gauge yard
and subequent trackage in the downtown area. But now there are
only a few tracks there, and they are owned by CSX. It finally
dawned on me that this road was built on top of the old dual
gauge yard. Here we are looking east towards Elizabethton from
what was basically the end of the ET&WNC trackage. They actually
had one track shared by the CC&O that ran down to the mill
and foundry. This track would have been over on the right side
of the photo in the the CSX tracks. That's the CSX on the right,
the Southern (actually Norfolk Southern) mainline curving off
on the left and a crossover interchange track crossing State
of Franklin. State of Franklin follows the old dual gauge yard
all the way till you get to Division Street, then it veers off
to the left and ties in with Main Street. The backs of some of
the buildings in the middle of the photo can be seen in old photos
as the backdrop for an engine or train shot.