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MountainRail

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WikiProject Virginia.

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WikiProject Tennessee.

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WikiProject National Register
of Historic Places.

This user has written or expanded 12 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.

This user has helped promote 3 good articles on Wikipedia.

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This Wikipedian joined Wikipedia on September 04, 2012 (13 years, 11 months, 1 week and 4 days ago).

This user is interested in the
History of the
United States of America.

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American Civil War.

This user is a WikiBear.

This user is a railfan.

This user likes steam locomotives.

This user enjoys country music.

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Mountains.

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Hello, and welcome to my User Page! My interests for Wikipedia are primarily in the areas of rail transportation and railroad history (see list below), but I also have an avid interest in computer science and mathematics.

My interests:

• U.S. Railroad History
  • Mostly eastern coal-hauling lines (C&O, N&W, VGN) and logging.
  • Early Virginia railroads
  • Some Western Montana Railroads
• Virginia unincorporated communities
• Black powder and "Old West" firearms, especially Colt firearms

Current Wikipedia projects:

• Rewriting the Highland County, Virginia article
• Early Railroad History
  • Content additions
  • Citations

Draft Articles:

If you have ideas pertaining to the following drafts or wish to help, please leave a message on my talk page. Thanks!

• Current Draft Articles: Marent Gulch Trestle, List of locomotives on the National Register of Historic Places, Little Rock Tunnel
• On Hold/Future Draft Articles: Kanawha and Michigan Railway, Staunton and James River Turnpike

Articles created:

• Beaver Dam Railroad –
• Brookville Tunnel –
• Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway –
• Chesapeake and Ohio Depot (Pikeville, Kentucky)
• Colt-Burgess rifle
• Colt Model 1839 Carbine
• Colt Ring Lever rifles –
• Crozet Historic District
• Devils Backbone (Highland County, Virginia)
• Greenwood Tunnel –
• Inland Theater
• Jarman Gap –
• Laurel Fork (North Fork South Branch Potomac River)
• Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station
• Mann's Creek Railroad –
• Meems Bottom Covered Bridge –
• Mount Calvary Lutheran Church
• Northern Pacific Railroad Completion Site, 1883 –
• Northern Pacific Railroad Depot (Missoula, Montana) –
• Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad –
• Snodgrass Tavern –
• St. James Church (Charlottesville, Virginia)
• Tennessee State Route 133
• Communities:
  • Atlee, Virginia - Bearwallow, Virginia - Bethel, Highland County, Virginia - Clover Creek, Virginia - Doe Hill, Virginia - Forks of Waters, Virginia - Hamburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia - Happy Creek, Virginia - Hardscrabble, Virginia - Liberty, Highland County, Virginia - McDowell, Virginia - Meadowdale, Virginia - Mill Gap, Virginia - Mint Spring, Virginia - Mustoe, Highland County, Virginia - Noble Furnace, Virginia - Patna, Virginia - Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia - Pleasant Valley, Rockingham County, Virginia - Possum Trot, Virginia - Sirons Mill, Virginia - Star Cave, Virginia - Sutherland, Tennessee - Trimble, Virginia - Vanderpool, Virginia - West Augusta, Virginia

Other articles I have a great interest in:

• Blue Ridge Railroad (1849-1870)
• Blue Ridge Tunnel
• Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
• Highland County, Virginia
• Virginia Central Railroad –

Barnstars

		WikiProject National Register of Historic Places Award
		For helping WP:NRHP to illustrate 50,000 historic sites. Keep up the good work! Smallbones(smalltalk) 14:27, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

		The Good Article Barnstar
		For your contributions to bring Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway to Good Article status. Thanks, and keep up the good work! -- Khazar2 (talk) 17:14, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

		The Railways Barnstar
		For your assistance in helping me with the cleanup and polishing work for the newly created article Union Pacific 4014 you are hereby awarded this Railway Barnstar. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:46, 8 August 2013 (UTC)