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Joe Offer Origins: Way Down the Road (Craig Johnson) (59* d) RE: Origins: Way Down the Road (Craig Johnson) 27 Aug 25

Hi, Jon - Art has an answer for you way up top: "THE CLINCHFIELD LINE railroad was almost 300 miles long and sent trains from the coalfields of Kentucky to the North Carolina piedmont. It ran through 6 states and is now a part of CSX."
And "Henry's Line" at Willow Run - the aircraft plant at Willow run was built and owned by Henry Ford. I'm guessing the whistles were on the trains on the Clinchfield Line.
I suppose it's this song that motivated me to visit Willow Run a few years ago. Although my memories of Willow Run were from when it was Detroit's airport in the 1950s, this song kept going through my head as I drove around the airport.
The aircraft factory was designed by Albert Kahn, Detroit's most famous architect. I've studied his architecture all my life.

-Joe-

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