The Norfolk Western Railroad Bluestone Branch crossing over the Bluestone River is a simple two span pony plate girder bridge in Bramwell, West Virginia. The Bluestone Branch was a 17-mile line that extended from Bluestone to Giatto, although the last regular service operated over the rails in 1984 when the last coal train left McComas via the Crane Creek Branch.(1) The last train operated west of Coopers in 1996 when Norfolk Southern, the successor to the NW, delivered several cars to Bramwell for display at a rebuilt depot.

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  1. Hawkins, Jeff. “The N&W’s Bluestone Branch.” Rails in Virginia. N.p., Oct. 2010. Web. 8 Nov. 2011. Article.