[N&W] Re: RE: Coal on the Powhatan Arrow??
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Mon May 31 15:07:41 EDT 2004
Mr Crocker,
You can trust what I say about the autoparts cars on the passenger trains.
It was not a regular event so I believe that these were emergency movements
to avoid assembley line shutdown where N&W had a speical interest in giving
"super service", either because of missed connection or a special movement
for "sales reasons" (and the resultin extra tariff charges). But, I did see
a number of such movements at Coal Grove, OH.
Surely, someone can track down record and I would feel that someone had to
had taken a photo of such an unusal movement.
Yours,
Oakie Ford
IRONTON, OH
> I can't say about train #25 or 26 (Powhatan Arrow) but I worked the Pier Job
> at Lamberts Point off and on from 1968 through 1971 which broke down #4 and
> made up #3 (The Pocahontas) daily. I never saw any type car on these
> passenger trains other than normal head end cars, coaches and business cars.
> If hoppers or freight cars were tagged on the rear of #4 they were taken off
> at Portlock Yard as none were ever on the train while at Lamberts Point
> Station, nor were any freight cars put on #3 when I was part of the crew
> making up this train. Also, I saw these trains going by Portlock many times
> when I would be working that yard but never saw them stop for any reason.
> Obviously, I can't say if cars were removed when I wasn't on duty at
Portlock.
>
> I might add that a good friend of mine, Benny Weatherford, who was the
> engineer on #3, from Norfolk to Crewe, never said a word about hauling
> anything other than the usual coaches, etc. and he surely would have as he
> didn't like to stop to set off anything unless he was running a hot shot
> freight or one of the time freights.
>
> L.W. Crocker
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