Welcome to Whistle Stops!

This is a brand new blog!  Its purpose is to publish items of interest from the region just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains in central Virginia.  I figure there are lots of people that would like timely updates about the goings-on in the neighborhoods of Crozet, Ivy, White Hall, Nellysford and possibly Waynesboro (even if Waynesboro is on the other side of Afton Mountain)!  The blog is called "Whistle Stops" because its intention is to spread the news quickly and in small bites, as people did from train cars before other forms of communication arrived on the scene to speed up the process.  My home base is Crozet, a town known for its railroading past, and still bi-sected by the rails.  So check in here frequently to see what's new, and send me anything interesting you find in your own travels in the region.