Anybody got details about the Wreck of the Old 97?

In the DigiTrad database it mentions some towns the train was supposed to pass through. I checked on a map of the US and found Monro Virginia and Lychburg but I couldn't find Spencer and I can't see the railway on my albeit small scale map.

I there a railway in that part of the world. Was there a train crash? Does it go by, over, or through the White Oak Mountain. Is the line that rough?

Having performed this number of few times I'd like to tell both members of my audience a bit about it.

Regards

Ian