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December 3 (Wednesday) Town of Blackstone and Bevell’s Hardware model train operating layout. (D/4)

  • 03 Dec 2014
  • Blackstone

December 3 (Wednesday) Town of Blackstone and Bevell’s Hardware model train operating layout. (D/4)

 

Bill Weatherford (804-221-0369) will lead a 2+ hour hike in his boyhood town of Blackstone, a tobacco and railroad town.  The hike will begin in the municipal parking lot at Bevell’s hardware and will wind through the town, stopping downtown for lunch and then back to the hardware to view the model train exhibit.  The train exhibit is 20’ X 58’, and some portions change from year to year.  This is truly a highlight for this small town of 3,600 people.  The exhibit is open from Thanksgiving to the first week in January, and last year 31,000 people went through the hardware store door during this time.

 

Bill will coordinate a carpool from the “Park and Ride” at the intersection of US 360 and Route 153, about 35 miles west of Richmond.  We will leave this carpool at 9:25 AM.  Ted (218-1238) will coordinate a carpool from Home Depot 12300 Chattanooga Plaza, Chesterfield Crossing Shopping Center on the East (Richmond) side of route 288 and Hull Street Rd. (US 360) at 9:00 AM and join Bill at Rte. 153. You should plan on leaving Blackstone around 2:30 PM if you plan on seeing everything available. 

 

As you enter the town of Blackstone the speed limit drops to 25 mph, slow down, the police don’t have much to do in Blackstone. Just before the first stop light there is a MacDonald’s on your right (this is the rest room stop), if you miss this stop go one block and you will see a Hardee’s also on the right (your second chance for a rest room stop).  We will turn left at the Hardee’s, onto Tavern Street, and the municipal parking lot is a ½ block on your right, in front of the Bevell’s Hardware. We will meet here at 10:00 AM for a short briefing and begin our hike.

 

Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club (c). 
P.O. Box 25283 
Richmond, VA 23260-5283
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