| has gloss | eng: The White Top Railway was chartered as a common carrier in the early 20th century from a portion of the logging lines of the Hassinger Lumber Company in Washington and Grayson Counties, Virginia. The move was born of the lumber companys need to protect its rail operations at points of intersection with the Virginia-Carolina Railway from possible condemnation for the V-Cs own, expanding line. (Both roads were vying for right-of-way through the narrow confines of the Laurel Creek gorge.) |
