This is the page you may wish to bookmark, since it will lead you directly to other parts of the A&Y website without having to download that big map on the home page.
I will also include notes on what pages I've recently updated here:
On January 8, 2008, I created an email list on devoted to the history of the A&Y.
On March 10, 2006, I modified the Modeling page to show two draft sketches of the A&Y prototype layout being designed for me. I'm still seeking feedback and still working out ideas to provide to the designer.
Click on the links to the left to view the images and other information I have collected to date. Please note, I am trying to use thumbnails with links to larger images rather than full size images on the pages in response to those of you who asked that I cut down on image size when loading the pages. I have just begun the conversion and it might take a while to get all the pages converted.
I am working on a collection of Atlantic & Yadkin Railway and related railroad photographs. Currently, I have acquired a number of photographs of A&Y locomotives, one caboose, and several of the extant stations. I also have contemporary images of the towns and industries served by either the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley, an affiliated narrow gauge logging line called the Mount Airy & Eastern, the A&Y, or the modern Yadkin Valley and Norfolk Southern. Some are post card images, some are photos scanned from books that are currently out of print or from donations to my research by others, and others are contemporary images taken with my digital camera on my trips to the region beginning in September, 1999 when I attended the Southeastern Model Railroader Forum meeting in Cary, NC.
Note that some historic photos are from the North Carolina State Library Photographic Archives and are considered public domain. Other images come from personal collections or the University of North Carolina Southern Collection. These photographs, along with my contemporary shots are copyrighted and have restrictions on their appearance and use. Please do not copy these images for other uses without contacting me first. In some cases, I have not been able to obtain permission from the original photographer and/or owner of the original negative/print. Please contact me if you feel one of the images on this site is in violation of copyright. I will remove it as soon as possible until I can obtain permission for such use. I am glad to share my personal photographs for research and other non-commercial use so long as you ask me first and obtain written/email approval.
If you have any photographs of the Atlantic & Yadkin Railway or related subjects you are willing to share or sell for my personal research or for inclusion on this site, please contact me!
by email: dbott@vt.edu or by regular mail: David Bott, 2200 Carroll Highlands Court, Sykesville, MD 21784-6306
