So what's up with these markers?

The old markers are left over from railroad days when the train ran through here on the way to West Jefferson, NC. The distance is measured from the station in Abingdon (photo below). The markers are roughly half a mile apart. These original markers are over eighty years old. The Creeper leaves Abingdon, 1965.

The new markers were created for the Virginia Creeper Trail, and measure the distance beginning at the trailhead in Abingdon (photo below), where the old Norfolk and Western steam locomotive is located, about half a mile from the original station. "Virginia Creeper" donated by Norfolk & Western Railway Tim Cameron photo