Enterprise Mining still has a load out in Yellow Creek and use the track still. .it was diamond may till they sold out to Enterprise. dwight ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jbfrancis6@aol.com> To: <kyknott@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [KYKNOTT] L & N Railroad Information > Tim, two of the mines that were serviced by those tracks was Knott Coal > Company and Wisconcin Coal Company. A little town up there on yellow > creek > was called Anco. I see tracks there around Vicco still today. Ask your > cousin who lives in Sassafras, Yvonne Blair. Here is her address: > _vblairt1@windstream.net_ (mailto:vblairt1@windstream.net) > > JB > > > In a message dated 12/27/2010 1:13:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > tashley04@gmail.com writes: > > I am interested in any available information on the spur of the > Louisville > & > Nashville Railroad that ran in Knott County to some of the coal mines. > The > tracks ran right by my grandparents' house in Yellow Creek. > I would be interested to know when the trains stopped running to the > coal > mines. I'm 46 years old and can't really recall if they were still > running > when I was a kid, though I know for certain the tracks were still there > when > I was growing up. I would guess the tracks were removed a long time ago. > I know the tracks curved around and ran through Vicco, too. If anyone > knows > which coal mines were serviced by this spur, that would be helpful, as > well. > Sincerely, > Tim Ashley > Knott County Kentucky Kinfolk http://knottkentuckykinfolk.com/ > What I kept I lost, What I spent I had, What I gave I have. > Knott County KyGenWeb > http://98.131.135.96/knott/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYKNOTT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > Knott County Kentucky Kinfolk http://knottkentuckykinfolk.com/ > What I kept I lost, What I spent I had, What I gave I have. > Knott County KyGenWeb > http://98.131.135.96/knott/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYKNOTT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message